June 10 (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO

of Meta Platforms ( META ) is setting up a team of experts to

achieve so-called "artificial general intelligence" (AGI), or

machines that can match or surpass human capabilities, Bloomberg

News reported on Tuesday.

Zuckerberg is building the new AI team in tandem with a

reported

investment

of over $10 billion in Scale AI, Bloomberg News said citing

sources, adding that Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang was expected

to join the AGI group after a deal is done.

Reuters could not immediately verify the Bloomberg report.

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment

outside regular business hours.

Zuckerberg's plans to personally recruit around 50

people, including a new head of AI research for the AGI team is

driven partly by frustration over the performance and reception

of Meta's latest large language model, Llama 4, Bloomberg News

reported.

Last month, Meta delayed the release of its flagship

"Behemoth" AI model due to concerns about its capabilities, the

Wall Street Journal reported.

Rivals like OpenAI have also been looking to make changes to

attract further investment in a bid to develop AGI.