Meta Platforms(US:META) Zhong Guo Xin Wen Wang·2025-06-19 02:18Group 1 - OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman stated that Meta is attempting to poach OpenAI employees by offering signing bonuses up to $100 million and higher annual salaries [1] - Altman mentioned that despite Meta's efforts to recruit many individuals from OpenAI, their top talent has not yet decided to accept Meta's offers [1] - Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally involved in building a top AI team for their "superintelligence" AI lab and has invested heavily in their AI research department, which oversees the Llama series of open-source large language models [1] Group 2 - Scale AI's founder Alexandr Wang announced his departure to join Meta as part of a deal where Meta acquired 49% of Scale AI for $14.3 billion, and he will lead a research lab focused on "superintelligence" [2] - Meta has recently recruited other top talents, including Jack Rae, a chief researcher from Google DeepMind, with Zuckerberg directly participating in the hiring process [2] - OpenAI's new recruitment head Joaquín Quionero Candela indicated that the pace of innovation in the AI field has intensified competition for top talent, making recruitment more critical than ever for OpenAI [2]