Meta has restructured its AI team by creating the AGI Foundations unit, which will focus on enhancing technologies like the Llama models and multimedia capabilities. This change aims to expedite product development without cutting jobs, despite some talent leaving for competitors. The restructuring is part of Meta's ongoing strategy to improve flexibility and ownership within its teams.
A coalition of ex-OpenAI employees, Nobel laureates, and civil society organizations has urged California and Delaware attorneys general to stop OpenAI's restructuring into a for-profit entity, citing concerns it undermines the nonprofit's mission and governance safeguards. They argue that relinquishing control could jeopardize the safe development of artificial general intelligence (AGI), with significant implications for humanity. OpenAI maintains that the restructuring will enhance its nonprofit arm and serve the public interest.