Meta has a new elite AI unit. Find out who joined.

Meta is building a team of elite AI researchers to optimize the powerful algorithms that capture people’s attention on Facebook and Instagram, according to job ads and LinkedIn posts.

The team, MRS Research, is part of Meta Recommendation Systems, which runs the home feeds in Meta’s apps, and the unit has already attracted talent from TikTok and Amazon. MRS creates the algorithms that determine what types of content people see and works closely with the company’s ads…