Meta Platforms (hereinafter Meta) is considering partnerships with competitors such as Google or OpenAI to enhance the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of its applications (apps).
On the 1st (local time), according to the technology news outlet The Information, leaders of Meta's newly established AI organization, the Meta Super Intelligence Laboratory (MSL), noted that they have been exploring ways to integrate Google's AI model Gemini to enable Meta's chatbot Meta AI to provide conversational responses to user inquiries. The 'Meta Super Intelligence Laboratory' is led by Alexander Wang, the former CEO of the AI-based data labeling startup Scale AI, and Nat Friedman, a former CEO of GitHub.
Sources also added that the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT for other AI features within Meta AI and Meta's social media (SNS) apps has been discussed. The Information analyzed that collaboration with external competitors like Google or OpenAI is likely a temporary measure to enhance AI products until Meta's own AI models sufficiently develop.
The 'Meta Super Intelligence Laboratory' is a recently established organization aimed at developing AI that surpasses human capabilities, considering the development of Meta's next-generation model, LLaMA 5, as one of its core tasks to compete with rivals. While Meta unveiled its latest AI model, LLaMA 4, last April, it is reported that its performance fell short of initial expectations. Internally, Meta has already integrated external AI models into some internal tools. Sources stated that employees can write code through an internal coding assistant utilizing Anthropic's AI model.
A Meta representative stated, 'We are considering every possible way to create the best AI products, including the development of world-class models in-house, collaboration with third parties, and open-sourcing our technologies.'