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Did Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Really Offer $100 Million to Lure OpenAI Talent? Lucas Beyer Responds…

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has recruited at least eight top researchers from OpenAI in the past week to accelerate AI development.
This talent shift follows Meta's aggressive efforts and offers of up to $100 million compensation packages to lure AI experts, claims disputed by the researchers involved.
OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen responded with a memo expressing concern over fairness and urged staff to resist high-pressure Meta offers, supported publicly by CEO Sam Altman.
Lucas Beyer and fellow defectors denied receiving $100 million bonuses, calling these claims 'fake news,' while Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth accused Altman of exaggeration during the talent war.
These events highlight an intense competition amid burnout concerns at top AI labs, prompting OpenAI to pause operations temporarily for staff recovery and signaling deeper tensions in the race for superintelligence.

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OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent

An employee's public lament over poached colleagues and a company-wide shutdown reveal a difficult truth: the human cost of building AI is reaching a breaking point.

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Did Mark Zuckerberg's Meta really offer $100 million to lure OpenAI talent? Lucas Beyer responds…

Lucas Beyer, an AI researcher, confirmed his move from OpenAI to Meta, denying claims of a $100 million signing bonus. Alongside him, colleagues Kolesnikov and Zhai will join Meta, highlighting competition for AI talent among tech giants amid Meta's strategic push in superintelligence research.

4 days ago·New Delhi, India

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'Someone has broken into our home and stolen something': An OpenAI exec on Meta's poaching spree

Fresh defections to Mark Zuckerberg’s “superintelligence lab” at Meta spark an urgent compensation overhaul at OpenAI

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To Sam Altman's "Poaching" OpenAI Talent Charge, Meta CTO's "Dishonest" Reply

Meta, the parent corporation of Facebook and Instagram, is engaged in a fierce battle with the ChatGPT creator to create cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s secret list of top AI talent to poach has tech world atwitter

Meta CEO reportedly to offer pay packages worth up to $100m, a gambit OpenAI’s Sam Altman calls ‘crazy’

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As the global race to build Artificial General Intelligence intensifies, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is stepping off the gas — at least for now. The company has reportedly shut down operations for an entire week, in what it’s calling a “wellness break” to help employees reset. But insiders and industry observers suggest there’s more to the story — and that Meta, one of OpenAI’s fiercest rivals, may be the real reason behind the sudden pause. T…

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