US EditionSam Altman says Meta offered $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on the Uncapped podcast on Tuesday that Meta offered $100 million signing bonuses to his top AI staff but none have left.
- This talent competition follows Meta's efforts to recruit from OpenAI and Google DeepMind as it builds a new AI superintelligence team led by Alexandr Wang.
- Meta delayed its latest flagship AI model amid capability concerns while OpenAI plans to release an open AI model soon and explores AI-powered social media apps.
- Reports show Meta offers compensation well above $100 million per year, aiming to rival OpenAI's culture focused on innovation and achieving artificial general intelligence.
- Altman suggested Meta’s compensation-based strategy has so far failed to attract OpenAI’s top talent, implying that mission-driven innovation sustains retention amidst intense AI industry rivalry.
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Sam Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said Meta Platforms Inc. has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to build a top artificial intelligence team.
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NDTV Gadgets 360Sam Altman Says Meta Offered $100 Million Bonuses to OpenAI Employees
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Meta has offered his employees bonuses of $100 million to recruit them, as the tech giant seeks to ramp up its artificial intelligence strategy. The alleged attempts by Meta to hire OpenAI staffers are the latest signs of a frenzy to hire top engineers to develop AI models, and they come at a time when the Facebook owner is working on building its superintelligence unit to catch up with competitors.
Meta would have tried, without success, to recruit many OpenAI employees by offering them individual bonuses. ...
Sam Altman plans to compete directly with Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook. This would secure the company's access to a raw material that is becoming increasingly rare: texts written by people.
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