Meta is shifting how it plans to ensure widespread access to superintelligence, a suggestion that the company’s most advanced AI may remain closed so that Meta can stay in the driver’s seat.

While framed around safety, it’s hard to believe that the Meta boss isn’t thinking about how the company will make money. While it is generating impressive revenue from AI-enhanced advertising, a “personal superintelligence” would open up huge new business opportunities in hardware and subscription revenue.

If Meta investors had concerns about the company’s huge spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and talent, they’re likely to be assuaged by its blockbuster earnings report on Wednesday. The results,