Meta's Superintelligence Labs Taps Leader for Hardware Role
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Meta's superintelligence division, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), is forming a dedicated hardware team to develop AI-powered devices beyond its existing smart glasses and VR headsets.
- Rui Xu, an experienced hardware engineer with a background at Dreamer, ByteDance, Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Tencent, has been hired to lead the new hardware team at MSL.
- Some engineers from Meta's Reality Labs have transitioned to MSL to prototype AI software on existing hardware, indicating close collaboration between the two divisions.
- MSL aims to create AI-native personal devices that operate across multiple devices, providing users with personalized AI agents that are always active and context-aware.
- MSL chief Alexandr Wang has promised rapid progress in the coming months as Meta pushes to expand beyond smartphones into a broader ecosystem of AI-powered devices.
