Meta (NASDAQ: META) is looking for a new executive to lead its integration of generative AI (AGI) with emerging technologies, the key among them being the metaverse.
Three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg was solely focused on the metaverse. He even changed the name of his trillion-dollar company from Facebook to Meta. Then came AI, and Zuckerberg is going big on the new technology—this year, Meta will spend up to $40 billion, with AI handling up a sizeable chunk.
According to a new job post, Zuckerberg is bringing together the two technologies “to create new experiences that are not even possible to exist today.”
The successful applicant will work with the company’s metaverse content team and lead an AGI strategy for its games. Emphasis will be on Horizon, Meta’s mixed-reality gaming world, …