Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is significantly increasing hiring efforts for a new superintelligence team, attempting to lure AI researchers from rival labs like OpenAI and Google DeepMind with lucrative offers exceeding $100 million. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the recruiting attempts but stated they have largely failed, attributing the loyalty of his team to a belief in OpenAI's mission and culture. Altman characterized Meta’s approach as overly focused on financial incentives rather than innovation, suggesting this may hinder their long-term success in the rapidly evolving AI field.
[Meta has] started making these, like, giant offers to a lot of people on our team. You know, like, $100 million signing bonuses, more than that [in] compensation per year [...] I'm really happy that, at least so far, none of our best people have decided to take him up on that.
I believe Meta's focus on high compensation packages for employees, rather than the mission of delivering AGI, would likely not create a great culture.
I respect many things about Meta, but I don't think they're a company that's great at innovation.
It's not enough for companies to catch up on AI - they have to truly innovate to stay ahead.
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