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Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged internally that Meta's AI ambitions are running behind schedule. At a staff meeting, the CEO reportedly admitted that the company's AI agent development hasn't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped — a candid admission from a leader who has staked much of Meta's future on artificial intelligence.
That tension between ambition and reality echoes a broader conversation in the field. Yann LeCun, one of the most respected names in AI research, is pushing back on the current wave of enthusiasm, saying today's systems are simply not smart. His startup is working on a more flexible approach to machine intelligence — one that moves beyond the pattern-matching limitations that define today's large language models.
Meanwhile, Meta is still pushing forward on the generative AI front. The company has quietly released an app called Pocket, designed to let users create AI-powered games. It's listed in app stores, though it appears to be unavailable in the United States for now — a soft launch that raises more questions than it answers about where Meta's gaming ambitions actually stand.
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