Meta to nearly double its investment in AI in 2026 as Mark Zuckerberg looks to build a ‘personal superintelligence’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to nearly double the company’s investment in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026.
In its Q4 earnings report published Wednesday, Meta said capital spending on AI for 2026 will be between $115 billion and $135 billion, nearly double what the company spent when it revamped its AI unit last year.
“As we plan for the future, we will continue to make pivotal investments in infrastructure to train leading models and deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people and businesses around the world,” Zuckerberg said. CNBC during the earnings call.
The “infrastructure” Zuckerberg mentioned during the earnings call refers to Meta’s ambitious data center projects that will underpin both current and future AI projects.
Meta CEO also emphasized that 2026 will be an important year for artificial intelligence, with investments aimed at supporting the company’s mission to create “personal super intelligence” announced last year.
Artificial intelligence roadmap for 2026
However, Zuckerberg did not reveal whether Meta would launch new AI products or how AI products could help increase revenue generation.
“So, we’ll be launching new products throughout the year. I think the important thing is not to launch just one thing, but to build a lot of things,” Meta’s CEO said on the earnings call.
While Zuckerberg did not name any new products in the meeting, CNBC It reported that Meta’s TBD AI unit, led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, is testing a new AI model codenamed Avocado, which is intended to be the successor to Meta’s family of Llama AI models.
As if hinting at the same thing, Meta’s CEO said on Wednesday: “I expect our first models to be good, but more importantly, to demonstrate the rapid trajectory we’re on. Then, I expect us to push the boundaries steadily throughout the year as we continue to launch new models.”
Zuckerberg tries to ‘shape the future’ of artificial intelligence
When asked on the earnings call why Meta needed to develop its own artificial intelligence model, Zuckerberg emphasized that the firm is a “deep technology company.”
Arguing that Meta cannot risk being “limited to what others in the ecosystem have built,” Zuckerberg said that having its own model would allow the company to “shape the future of this.” [AI] products”.
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