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Daniel Gross, the former chief executive and co-founder of Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), has joined Meta Platforms\u2019 newly formed superintelligence lab, marking another significant move in the ongoing AI talent war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gross is set to work on artificial intelligence products under Meta\u2019s superintelligence unit<\/a>, his spokesperson Lulu Meservey confirmed. The development follows Meta\u2019s recent restructuring of its AI division and a flurry of high-profile hires aimed at pushing the boundaries of artificial general intelligence (AGI), AI systems capable of human-level or superior cognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ilya Sutskever, Gross\u2019s co-founder<\/a> at SSI and the former chief scientist at OpenAI, announced on Friday that Gross had stepped down from his role at the AI startup. Sutskever will now assume the position of CEO at SSI. While Gross refrained from mentioning Meta directly in his farewell post on X, he wrote, \u201cThe company\u2019s future is very bright, and I expect miracles to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gross\u2019s departure from SSI comes just months after the stealth-mode startup was launched with a focus<\/a> on building safe and aligned superintelligence. His move to Meta is seen as part of a wider recruitment strategy personally spearheaded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Reports suggest that Zuckerberg has been actively courting leading AI minds, even inviting prospective hires to his residences in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gross is not the only prominent figure to have joined Meta\u2019s<\/a> superintelligence efforts. Nat Friedman, former GitHub CEO and Gross\u2019s long-time collaborator in venture capital firm NFDG, has also signed on. He now co-leads Meta\u2019s superintelligence initiative alongside former Scale AI chief executive Alexandr Wang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n