How China’s DeepSeek made Mark Zuckerberg lose faith in Meta’s AI team

Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure to justify Meta’s massive AI investments as the company’s profit growth slows. Following the disappointing performance of Llama 4, Zuckerberg initiated a secretive “Superintelligence lab,” poaching top AI talent with lucrative offers. Investors are cautiously optimistic, but concerns remain about the escalating costs and the shift away from open-source AI. Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure to justify Meta’s massive AI investments as the company’s profit growth slows. Following the disappointing performance of Llama 4, Zuckerberg initiated a secretive “Superintelligence lab,” poaching top AI talent with lucrative offers. Investors are cautiously optimistic, but concerns remain about the escalating costs and the shift away from open-source AI.