Opinion: Meta Solidifies Its Position as the Third-Best AI Lab
willdepue · x · 2026-08-07
Regarding Meta's AI R&D capabilities, an industry observer noted that Meta is now clearly the third-best AI lab globally and is likely to maintain this position over the next year. The author admitted to previously doubting Meta's strategy of simply exchanging money for compute and talent, but the heavy-asset approach has proven effective.
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