Meta (NASDAQ: META) wants to be the global leader in AI systems that can complete tasks at the level of humans. Its AI development may even create products more powerful than that. Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls his effort the Superintelligence Lab.

Another setback for the iPhone maker could put its AI future in jeopardy, or push it even closer to using models from OpenAI or Anthropic instead of developing its own.

Meta Platforms Inc. has made unusually high compensation offers to new members of its “superintelligence” team — including a more than $200 million package for a former Apple Inc. distinguished engineer.