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Meta's Scale AI stake buyout spotlights other major deals amid regulatory risks https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/metas-scale-ai-stake-buyout-spotlights-other-major-deals-amid-regulatory-risks-2025-06-13/

Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New 'Superintelligence' AI Team at Meta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/zuckerberg-recruits-new-superintelligence-ai-group-at-meta

Meta Taps Top Researchers From Google, Sesame for New AI Lab https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/29/scale-ai-is-stiffing-its-task-workers/

Meta's $15 billion investment in Scale AI comes with a hidden perk: data https://www.semafor.com/article/06/10/2025/metas-15-billion-investment-in-scale-ai-comes-with-a-hidden-perk

Meta plans to invest $15bn in Scale AI as it bids to eclipse rivals https://www.ft.com/content/5e556c2e-2ba4-415a-adb6-1bf6bed498eb

Previously on Pivot to AI:

Scale AI is stiffing its task workers https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/29/scale-ai-is-stiffing-its-task-workers/

Generative AI runs on gambling addiction — just one more prompt, bro! https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/

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