Meta just dropped $15 billion on an “AI superintelligence” team. The move includes reported nine-figure salaries and a 49% stake in Scale AI. Alexandr Wang, Scale’s 28-year-old founder and former roommate of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is now heading the effort.
The issue started when Google, Scale’s biggest customer, freaked out over Meta’s investment. Reuters reports Google told Scale it’s ending their partnership because of the deal.
Bloomberg put it brutally: Scale AI’s Wang “brings to Meta knowledge of what everyone else is doing.” 
One Silicon Valley analyst called the move “wartime CEO” behavior. Meta is chasing AI that can outperform humans at all tasks—superintelligence. That’s beyond current AI and artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Meta is playing serious catchup. Its latest AI models lag behind rivals. In April, they even published a model designed to game a popular benchmark. This splashy $15 billion bet and building the new team is Meta buying back AI relevance after OpenAI and Google’s leaps—and after Meta’s metaverse flopped.
Wikipedia pulled back on an AI article summary test after strong backlash from volunteer editors. The AI-generated summaries appeared above human-written intros on 10% of mobile users’ pages for two weeks.
Editors blasted the test. In Wikipedia’s public forum, comments ranged from “A truly ghastly idea” to “Keep AI out of Wikipedia.” Most worried AI errors could damage Wikipedia’s reputation.
Pacita Rudder, Wikimedia NYC’s exec director, said:
“We’re trying to figure out the balance between AI and Wikipedia. There are AI integrations that do happen on Wikipedia but are very minimal. Little things that make it easier for editors to do their work or readers to get the content they need.”
The backlash forced Wikipedia to halt the test and focus on community consensus. Days later, they hosted an in-person edit-a-thon at the UN, gathering editors in groups to update pages about the UN’s history.
Unlike Reddit, which prioritized charging AI firms over user backlash, Wikipedia emphasized the human work behind its content — rolling back AI features until editors accept them.
Apple’s WWDC last week focused on a new “liquid glass” iOS design with transparent buttons that slightly warp what’s behind them. It’s a flashy cosmetic update but fell flat for heavy AI news watchers.
Apple added live translation for FaceTime, a nice touch, but Google has had this for years. Google and Samsung keep pumping AI features nonstop. Google even tested AI-powered Audio Overviews in Search just last week.
Gizmodo noted Apple seems to think users don’t really want AI, but it can’t come out and say it. The lack of show-stopping features makes Apple’s ecosystem feel like a “pen” instead of the “Eden” it once was for users.
Meta’s $15B AI Play Sparks Google Fallout
Wikipedia AI Summaries Halted Amid Editor Backlash
Apple’s WWDC Drops Cosmetic iOS Update, Lacks AI Spark
