Meta Platforms is reportedly in discussions with rivals Google and OpenAI to integrate their advanced AI models into its family of social applications. According to a report from The Information, leaders at Meta’s newly formed AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, have explored using Google’s Gemini model to power conversational responses in its Meta AI chatbot. Similar discussions have taken place regarding the use of OpenAI’s technology to enhance AI features across its social media platforms.
The company views any potential partnerships with external AI providers as a temporary measure to quickly improve its products while it continues to develop its own competitive technology in-house. A key priority for the lab is to ensure its next-generation model, Llama 5, can effectively rival those from leading competitors. This strategy is already being tested internally, where Meta has integrated third-party models from companies like Anthropic into internal tools for its employees.
This initiative is backed by a significant financial investment. Earlier this year, Meta committed billions of dollars to its AI ambitions, appointing former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to co-lead the Superintelligence Labs. The company has also offered generous compensation packages to attract dozens of top AI researchers to the project.
In a statement, a Meta spokesperson outlined a comprehensive strategy, saying, “We are taking an all-of-the-above approach to building the best AI products; and that includes building world-leading models ourselves, partnering with companies, as well as open sourcing technology.” Neither OpenAI, Google, nor Microsoft immediately responded to requests for comment on the reported discussions.
