Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI
Summary
Ars Technica reports on Meta’s ongoing push to catch up in AI, led by TBD Lab under Alex Wang and Mark Zuckerberg. Muse Spark is presented as Meta’s most credible model to date, built after a year of rapid changes, internal politics, and leadership reshaping. The piece highlights tensions between TBD and existing AI teams, questions about open source versus proprietary strategies, and the challenges of scaling safety and alignment work within a large corporation.