Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly offering sign-on bonuses up to $100 million to recruit AI engineers for Meta's new superintelligence lab, specifically targeting those from OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman revealed that Zuckerberg has attempted to poach numerous employees, but thus far, no top talent has accepted the offer. This form of poaching, while common in tech, raises questions about competition and innovation in the industry. Meta’s aggressive recruitment strategy reflects its struggle to keep pace in the evolving AI landscape and its intent to dominate consumer large language models.
According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Zuckerberg has been trying to poach his employees by offering nine-figure welcome bonuses, on top of annual salaries ranging anywhere from seven to nine figures.
Poaching is a common - though sometimes legally dubious - tactic in the highfalutin business world, and usually happens when a firm looks to scoop up a rival's high-profile executives, and sometimes the executive's underlings.
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