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Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to hire top-tier AI researchers from competing labs for Meta's new superintelligence team, offering compensation packages exceeding $100 million.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the reports of Meta's large offers but mentioned that the recruiting efforts have been largely unsuccessful as none of the best people from his team have accepted.
- Altman believed his employees preferred OpenAI for its focus on achieving AGI and potential future value over Meta, which primarily focused on high compensation.
- Meta attempted to poach researchers from OpenAI and Google but was unsuccessful, indicating that OpenAI's culture of innovation played a significant role in its success.
- Sam Altman criticized Meta's AI efforts, stating that they have not worked as well as anticipated and emphasized the importance of innovation to stay ahead in AI development.
- Meta faces challenges in building a successful AI superintelligence lab despite recent investments and acquisitions in the field.
- OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are expected to continue operating at full speed, potentially setting Meta back in the AI race further with upcoming AI model releases.
- Altman described an AI-powered social media feed that could compete with Meta's apps, with OpenAI reportedly working on a social networking app internally.
- Additionally, Meta is experimenting with an AI-powered social network through its Meta AI app, while some users have faced issues with privacy leaks on the platform.
- The future of AI-powered social networks remains uncertain as Zuckerberg and Altman seem to be competing in the AI talent race.
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