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AI Models

Meta's Muse Image model draws praise and raises privacy questions

Meta released Muse Image, its first image generation model from the Superintelligence Labs. The model works as an agent, using external tools like web search to refine outputs. It ranks second behind OpenAI's GPT Image 2 on the Image Arena platform. A feature that lets users generate AI images of others by @-mentioning their Instagram usernames, without consent, is already drawing criticism from privacy regulators in Europe.

Jul 84 minNeura News

AI Models

Meta Launches Muse AI Image Generator for Free Use

Meta has released Muse Image, a new AI image generator developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs. The tool, internally called Mango, is available for free through the Meta AI app and on Instagram Stories and WhatsApp. It allows users to create cartoonish images, custom ads, and edit photos, with a video generator also in development.

Jul 72 minNeura News

Industry

Microsoft AI chief says superintelligence near but safe

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, says superintelligence is approaching but won't eliminate jobs. In an interview, he discusses Microsoft's restructured AI division after a new contract with OpenAI, the announcement of seven new models at Build, and his views on human-level AI performance in chat and reasoning tasks.

Jun 84 minNeura News

Funding

Recursive Superintelligence Launches with $650M Funding

Richard Socher has launched Recursive Superintelligence, a San Francisco startup emerging from stealth with $650 million in funding. The company aims to build a recursively self-improving AI that fixes its own weaknesses without human help. Socher and his team of top researchers discussed their open-endedness approach in a recent interview.

May 143 minNeura News

Funding

Top Researchers Launch $4B Startup for Self-Improving AI

Former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers have started Recursive Superintelligence with over $650 million in funding and a $4 billion valuation. The six-month-old firm aims to create AI that improves itself. Backed by investors like GV, Greycroft, Nvidia and AMD, it joins efforts to automate AI development amid recent advances in code-writing AI systems.

May 133 minNeura News

Funding

Recursive Emerges from Stealth with $650M for Self-Improving AI

AI startup Recursive has left stealth mode with $650 million in funding to pursue self-improving AI systems. The company sees recursive self-improvement as the quickest way to superintelligence and plans to automate the scientific method starting with AI research. Backed by GV, Greycroft, AMD Ventures, and Nvidia, Recursive is led by experts from Salesforce, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, and Uber AI.

May 133 minNeura News

Industry

Meta Acquires ARI to Boost Humanoid Robotics Efforts

Meta has purchased humanoid robotics firm Assured Robot Intelligence for an undisclosed amount. The startup's team will integrate into Meta's Superintelligence Labs. This move supports Meta's long-term goals in developing AI for humanoid robots.

May 13 minNeura News

Industry

Meta Acquires Assured Robot Intelligence for Humanoid AI

Meta has purchased humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition brings ARI's team, including co-founders Xiaolong Wang and Lerrel Pinto, to Meta's Superintelligence Labs. The move supports Meta's ongoing work in humanoid robotics and aligns with industry views on physical training for advanced AI.

May 13 minNeura News

Industry

Meta to Lay Off 10% of Workforce for AI Focus

Meta plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent, affecting around 8,000 employees, and eliminate 6,000 open positions to prioritize artificial intelligence development. The company, which had over 78,000 staff at the end of 2025, faces high costs from AI investments exceeding $70 billion. CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims to build AI products like personal superintelligence amid competition from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.

Apr 233 minNeura News

Funding

Recursive Superintelligence Raises $500M After 4 Months

A new AI startup called Recursive Superintelligence has secured at least $500 million in funding just four months after its founding. The round values the company at $4 billion pre-money and was led by GV with Nvidia participating. The firm aims to create self-improving AI systems.

Apr 183 minNeura News