Zuckerberg Pivots Meta Toward AI After Praise from Google's Pichai Highlights His Detachment
• In 2021, Google's Sundar Pichai praised Mark Zuckerberg for a Facebook AI breakthrough, but Zuckerberg didn't know what he was referring to
• The conversation made Zuckerberg realize he was detached from Meta's AI work and spurred him to start focusing more on AI
• Zuckerberg previously focused more on cryptocurrency and the metaverse, but has pivoted Meta toward AI as a priority
• In 2022, Zuckerberg said AI would be Meta's biggest investment area for engineering and computing resources
• Meta has distinguished itself in the AI race by advocating for an open-source approach, releasing models like the partially open-source Llama 2