'The goal is not to replace humans': new Meta AI research chief Dawn Song
says the next frontier is AI agents that are "economically valuable"

Date:
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:10:00 +0000

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Meta's AI Research VP believes AI should augment human value and that many benchmarks are irrelevant as companies struggle to prove ROI.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Real-world impact is more important than benchmark scores, Meta AI VP says Song emphasizes security, trust and real-world benefits Meta's latest model prioritizes people, she
says Meta's newly appointed AI research chief, Dawn Song, is betting on agentic AI for the future of artificial intelligence, emphasizing they should augment humans rather than replace people altogether.

Song sees agents performing "economically valuable" tasks like repetitive and time-consuming work, ultimately freeing up humans to do more creative work. While companies struggle to quantify AI's impacts and deliver a meaningful ROI, Song believes the focus should be real-world impact rather than
benchmark scores. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: AI agents should augment not replace humans "The goal is not to replace humans," Song told the South China Morning Post . She confirmed she would be joining Meta Superintelligence Labs in a LinkedIn post , together with other team members from Virtue AI.

"[AI] must be secure, trustworthy, and beneficial," she added. You may like Chasing every model release is a fool's errand and a fast track to AI fatigue inside your organisation: GoodData.AI CTO says businesses should focus on automation use cases over every single new release The companies cutting humans for AI are about to learn an expensive lesson AI agents arent lacking intelligence theyre lacking context

Song is also a professor in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley a university that recently introduced Agents' Last Exam (ALE), a
new type of benchmark that assesses whether AI agents can complete more than 1,500 economically valuable tasks across 55 different industries.

Meta itself launched its first new model, Muse, in April, which it says is designed to "prioritize people." Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news
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As MSL's Vice President of AI Research, Song will focus on AI safety,
security and research, and will likely continue to emphasize the role of humans in an AI-first era.

Model capabilities are no longer a drawback for AI developers, with human, socioeconomic and geopolitical impacts now emerging as a major focus. Anthropic was recently forced by the White House to pull its latest frontier models over jailbreaking concerns. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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