Meta has successfully recruited three OpenAI researchers, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, to bolster its superintelligence team. The move comes amid intense competition for AI talent, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg taking a personal interest in recruiting top experts. The recruited researchers were previously based in OpenAI's Zurich office and had worked together at Google DeepMind. Zuckerberg's aggressive recruitment strategy reportedly involves substantial compensation packages, allegedly exceeding $100 million in some cases. This recruitment drive follows lukewarm reception of Meta's Llama 4 model, signalling a renewed push towards achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Zuckerberg has been actively engaging with AI researchers, hosting dinners and using direct outreach to attract talent. While Meta has successfully recruited individuals like Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang through significant investments, efforts to attract other prominent figures from OpenAI have been less fruitful. The competition for AI talent remains fierce, with companies vying for leadership in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
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