Meta is making efforts to attract OpenAI team members with lucrative offers, including $100 million signing bonuses, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. This move comes as Meta heavily invests in artificial intelligence, recently acquiring a significant stake in the Scale AI startup for $14 billion. Despite Meta’s offers, Altman stated that “none of our best people have decided to take [them] up on that,” and attitude he says is driven by OpenAI’s mission to develop superintelligence and the associated long-term rewards. He highlighted OpenAI’s culture and focus on innovation as key factors attracting engineers, contrasting this with his perception of Meta’s innovation track record. (Newser)
