Meta announced on Saturday local time that it is splitting its Responsible AI team to shift more resources to generative artificial intelligence work. It's part of a broader reorganization of Meta's internal AI team this week. It is reported that the Responsible AI team is a team responsible for understanding and preventing hazards related to AI technology. Currently, most employees have been transferred to Meta’s generative AI team.
A Meta spokesperson said that most team members responsible for artificial intelligence will move to the field of generative artificial intelligence and continue to support Meta’s related cross-departmental work on responsible artificial intelligence development and use; some other members will move to artificial intelligence Infrastructure sector. He noted that the company intends to bring these employees closer to the development of core products and technologies. "We continue to prioritize and invest in safe and responsible AI development, and these changes will allow us to better scale to meet future demands."
Last October, Meta began rolling out generative AI tools that can create content such as image backgrounds and written text for all advertisers. Currently, Meta's artificial intelligence products include its large language model "Llama 2" and a chatbot called Meta AI, which can respond to text. and generate "photorealistic" images.