SAN FRANCISCO, California — Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the tech giant plans to invest at least $60 billion in artificial intelligence in 2025, aiming to lead in the technology.
' This will be a defining year for AI,' Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook page.Zuckerberg expects Meta AI to be the top digital assistant, used by more than a billion people, and for the tech firm's Llama 4 to be at the forefront of AI models, according to the post. Meta is creating an AI 'engineer' to contribute computer coding to its research and development efforts, he explained.
The post comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence led by Japanese giant SoftBank and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.Trump said the venture, called Stargate, 'will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure in the United States.'But in a post on his social media platform X, Trump ally and tech tycoon Elon Musk said the main investors 'don't actually have the money.
Plans To Invest $60-B Or More In AI This Year
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