Group 1 - Meta has successfully recruited three researchers from OpenAI, indicating the effectiveness of its aggressive hiring strategy [1] - The recruited researchers, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, were instrumental in establishing OpenAI's Zurich office [1] - CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly offering compensation packages exceeding $100 million to attract top AI talent [2] Group 2 - Zuckerberg's recruitment efforts include personal outreach via WhatsApp to hundreds of AI researchers and hosting dinners to entice them [2] - Meta's strategy has yielded mixed results, with notable hires like Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang, but has not yet secured OpenAI co-founders Ilya Sutskever and John Schulman [3] - OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman expressed satisfaction that none of their top talent have accepted offers from Zuckerberg so far [4]
Meta's recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers