Meta Platforms(US:META) Hua Er Jie Jian Wen·2025-06-26 06:53Group 1 - Meta successfully recruited three core researchers from OpenAI, indicating the effectiveness of its aggressive hiring strategy led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg [1] - The recruited researchers, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, were previously responsible for establishing OpenAI's Zurich office and joined Meta's Superintelligence team [1] - Zuckerberg's recruitment strategy includes offering over $100 million compensation packages to attract top talent from competitors like OpenAI [2] Group 2 - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the high offers from Meta but expressed confidence that their best talent has not accepted these proposals [2] - Meta's recent hiring of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, for $14 billion marks one of the most expensive hires in tech history, although it has not successfully recruited other key figures from OpenAI [2] - Meta faced setbacks in the AI field, particularly with the disappointing performance of the Llama 4 model, which led to internal and external criticism regarding its capabilities [3] Group 3 - The launch of Meta's large model "Behemoth" has been delayed, raising concerns within the leadership about its competitive edge compared to products from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google [3] - Zuckerberg's ambition for Meta to have the best AI product by year-end has resulted in increased pressure on the AI team, leading to long hours and unmet expectations [3]