Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision for how the United States and the social media giant could win a global race to dominate AI amid fierce competition from China.
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Facing pressure over the novelty of their capabilities, U.S. President Donald Trump in June ordered the setting up of a voluntary review process of advanced AI models before their release. “Our goal should be for American open source models to be the best globally.
With public opposition to data center development growing, Meta will launch a $1 billion fund to directly support communities around its facilities, a spokesperson told AFP.
This requires removing the hurdles that make it harder for American open source models to compete,” according to Zuckerberg. Meta also announced on Monday a new open weight model called Glimmer, which it developed in part from Muse Spark, a closed-source model it announced in April and updated last week.
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In a long essay published Monday about the future of artificial intelligence, Zuckerberg called for the U.S. to compete against China, prevent “government tyranny” over AI and ensure that “superintelligence” technology will become available to everyone.
