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OpenAI says Meta is trying to poach staff with $100mn sign-on offers

  • 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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In the Uncapped Podcast, Altman said that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp's wife was offering "a $100 million contraction bonus", but no employer accepted the offer.

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New York (EFE).- OpenAI Executive Director Sam Altman said that his employees have received from Meta offers of $100 million bonds to leave the company and sign by Meta, at a time of great competition for artificial intelligence strategies, but that "for the moment" none of them have accepted. ... Read more

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