Z Potentials·2025-07-23 02:48Group 1 - Meta has recruited three AI researchers from Google DeepMind, including Tianhe Yu, Cosmo Du, and Weiyue Wang, as part of a broader strategy to enhance its AI capabilities following earlier setbacks this year [1] - The newly hired researchers were involved in developing a version of the Google Gemini model, which recently achieved a level of problem-solving that could earn a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad [1] - Over the past month, Meta has hired a number of researchers from competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, bringing the total number of researchers recruited from Google DeepMind to at least six [1] Group 2 - Meta has appointed Alexandr Wang, the CEO of Scale AI, as its Chief AI Officer and has committed to investing $14.3 billion in the data labeling company [1] - The company has also hired former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and former Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross, with plans to partially acquire their venture capital fund [2] - The newly established Meta Superintelligence Lab, which has around 3,400 employees, is managed by Wang and Friedman, while Google DeepMind has approximately 5,600 employees [2] Group 3 - Reports indicate that Microsoft has also been actively recruiting from Google DeepMind, having hired over 20 employees in the past six months, including the former VP of Engineering for the Gemini chatbot, Amar Subramanya [3]