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Report: Meta targets former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to boost its AI research efforts
- Meta Platforms Inc. is seeking to expand its AI team by bringing on former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and his partner Daniel Gross from NFDG.
- Meta is also looking to purchase a stake in NFDG, an AI-focused venture capital fund that has backed several AI startups.
- Friedman led GitHub to significant growth and innovation in AI with GitHub Copilot before focusing on investments at NFDG.
- Gross, a co-founder of Cue, has worked on AI projects at Apple and Safe Superintelligence Inc. before joining NFDG.
- Meta has been actively recruiting AI talent and invested in AI research, including acquiring Scale AI Inc. for $14.3 billion.
- The company aims to develop 'artificial general intelligence' to compete with industry peers like OpenAI and Google.
- Meta's attempts to poach AI talent with lucrative offers, including $100 million signing bonuses, have faced resistance from competitors like OpenAI.
- CEO Sam Altman of OpenAI stated that Meta's offers have been declined due to the belief that OpenAI has a better chance at achieving artificial general intelligence first.
- Meta has been striving to enhance its AI capabilities amid challenges in surpassing competitors in the industry.
- The ongoing efforts by Meta reflect its ambitions to advance in the AI field and compete with other tech giants.
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