Zuckerberg’s AI Hires Disrupt Meta with Swift Exits and Threats to Leave

Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades.

Zuckerberg's Meta is already losing its highly paid AGI star hires

Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he recruited overseers of major groups and veteran deputies, bringing them on as fresh appointees. However, within days of arriving at Meta, Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has already threatened to resign and even signed documents to rejoin OpenAI even after being named Meta’s chief AI scientist.  FT reports that recent recruits left soon after joining, including machine-learning scientist Et…

OpenAI names Chaya Nayak for Special Initiatives

OpenAI has appointed Chaya Nayak to work on special initiatives at the company. She will report to Irina Kofman, Head of Special Initiatives, Office of the CTO. Sharing it in a post on LinkedIn, Nayak wrote, “I'm joining OpenAI to work with Irina Kofman on Special Initiatives - exploring new opportunities at the frontier of AI. It feels like the perfect next chapter: to take everything I’ve learned and pour it into work that will help define wha…

Why Are Indian-origin Techies Quitting Meta?

The back-to-back exit of AI experts from Meta to join OpenAI is giving jitters to several techies over the increasing influence of AI in the sector. After three top-rung AI experts quitting the company in just a month period, another Meta executive, Chaya Nayak, also announced that she is leaving the social media giant and would join OpenAI. During the last one month, Rishabh Agarwal, Avi Verma, and Ethan Knight left the tech giant, with the lat…

AI researchers exit Meta following hiring spree, some move to OpenAI

Meta has been, of late, going all in on its hiring efforts for its superintelligence labs. The company has reportedly offered pay packages as high as $100 million, and poached employees from companies like OpenAI. However, not all has been going well with these efforts. A few employees have already left the company, citing various reasons. Among these employees is Rishabh Agarwal, who joined the company at a whopping $1 million salary five month…

Indian-Origin Chaya Nayak Leaves Meta After a Decade, Joins OpenAI for ‘Next Chapter’

Chaya Nayak, a senior Indian-origin executive at Meta, has announced her departure after more than a decade at the company to join OpenAI. Her move marks a significant loss for Mark Zuckerberg, as Meta continues to see high-profile exits from its AI research teams. A Decade at Meta In a heartfelt LinkedIn post, Nayak reflected […] The post Indian-Origin Chaya Nayak Leaves Meta After a Decade, Joins OpenAI for ‘Next Chapter’ appeared first on Pra…