Meta (META) Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team, Business Insider reports, citing a source

Meta's establishment of a hardware team within Superintelligence Labs, particularly through the transition of engineers from Reality Labs, suggests a strategic move to enhance its AI capabilities.

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The effort, which has not yet been reported, has seen some Reality Labs engineers transition to MSL to prototype the AI division's software on Reality Labs hardware, with the two divisions working closely together.
The tech giant is hiring Rui Xu, who headed hardware at Dreamer, an AI agent startup whose founding team Meta acqui-hired last month, to lead hardware at MSL.

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By hiring Rui Xu, a seasoned leader from a recent acqui-hire, Meta aims to ensure that its software can be effectively integrated with tailored hardware, potentially strengthening its competitive position in the AI and tech landscape.

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