<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>The artificial intelligence industry is currently experiencing an intense talent war, with companies like Meta and OpenAI poaching talent from competitors like Apple and Tesla.</li><li>Compensation packages in this talent war have reached as high as $300 million over four years, with entire teams switching allegiances and new startups emerging from the talent exodus.</li><li>The talent movements in 2025 reflect a deeper conflict between commercial goals and research ideals, shaping the future of artificial general intelligence and determining the companies that will lead in the AI-powered future.</li><li>OpenAI recently made strategic hires from Tesla and xAI, seen as a response to Meta's aggressive poaching efforts. Meta, on the other hand, successfully recruited a key Apple AI executive in its pursuit of building a 'superintelligence' lab.</li></ul>

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