Mark Zuckerberg takes on the AI doomers in 6,500-word essay

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay arguing that AI should be viewed as a broad economic and social positive, pushing back against “doom” narratives from rival AI leaders who warn about job disruption and societal harm. The article frames this as a positioning statement for Meta amid intensifying debate over AI’s labor-market effects and regulation of large-scale data centers. Zuckerberg also defended Meta’s approach to open-weight AI models and said the company aims for American open-source models to lead globally. The piece notes that Meta’s AI progress still trails major competitors such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, while Meta shares rose slightly in premarket trading even though the stock is down about 10% year to date versus a 13% gain for the S&P 500.