A former Meta researcher has co-founded Recursive Superintelligence, a startup aiming to develop self-improving artificial intelligence systems. The company has already raised over $4.6 billion and joins a growing field of AI development.

A star Chinese researcher laid off by Facebook owner Meta Platforms has co-founded a start-up focused on self-improving artificial intelligence systems, joining a wave of US and Chinese firms developing models capable of autonomously refining their own code and reasoning. Tian Yuandong, former research scientist director at Meta’s FAIR (Fundamental AI Research) team, launched Recursive Superintelligence alongside seven other co-founders. The company said on Wednesday it had raised more than...