How Meta founded FAIR in 2013, fell behind as it was distracted by the metaverse, and is spending an unprecedented amount of money trying to catch up
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Meta’s renewed AI spend and “personal superintelligence” narrative is a reminder that large platforms can pivot hard when they decide a frontier is core. If you’re building on their stack, plan for more frequent capability shifts and tighter integration between consumer products, infra, and open models.
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