Meta’s AI overhaul: Zuckerberg’s plan to integrate and expand generative AI research

The Meta CEO explained that the company plans to have about 350,000 H100 GPUs from chip designer Nvidia by the end of the year.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Jan. 18 that the company was bringing its business-focused generative artificial intelligence (AI) research team “closer together” with its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team and doubling down on a push to get the technology into products.

Appearing in a Thread video, Zuckerberg announced the change to the company’s AI efforts, including significant investments in specialized computer chips to build and deliver new generative AI models and products. He also said the company had begun training its next-generation Llama 3 large language model (LLM):

Zuckerberg explained that to accommodate the push to get generative artificial intelligence into its products, Meta will increase its technology infrastructure. Meta plans to have about 350,000 H100 graphics processing units (GPUs) from chip designer Nvidia by the end of the year.

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