Meta halted hiring for its artificial intelligence division and paused movement between teams while undertaking organizational planning. A spokesperson described the pause as basic organizational planning to create a solid structure for new superintelligence efforts and to support yearly budgeting and planning exercises. The division is being restructured into teams focused on superintelligence, products, infrastructure, and long-term projects. Meta's chief AI officer stated the company is investing more in Meta Superintelligence Labs. Meta has pursued aggressive AI hiring and acquisitions, increasing competition for top AI talent.
The news comes just weeks after reports of Meta making eye-popping hiring efforts to acquire AI workers, including some pay packages that may have reached up to $100 million, according to Wired. Meta has been aggressively amping up its AI efforts in the past two years, even scooping up San Francisco data-labeling startup Scale AI this June for a reported $14.3 billion and taking select employees along with it.
That's in addition to luring 11 new hires from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, Bloomberg found. This poaching could seem egregious, but it's part of an overall war between tech companies fighting for the most highly coveted AI talent. It's even been likened to sports trading in athletics, with one package reportedly valued at $1.5 billion.
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