Sam Altman responded to Meta's AI talent poaching by emphasizing the importance of staying at OpenAI for those wanting to advance artificial general intelligence. He dismissed Meta's recruitment efforts, suggesting potential future cultural issues. Altman highlighted OpenAI's rise to prominence and condemned the toxicity of other tech environments. The recent departures of some OpenAI talent to Meta prompted Altman to acknowledge the new hires but claimed they did not acquire top talent and had been trying to fill key roles unsuccessfully.
We have gone from some nerds in the corner to the most interesting people in the tech industry (at least). Al Twitter is toxic; Meta is acting in a way that feels somewhat distasteful.
Meta has gotten a few great people for sure, but on the whole, it is hard to overstate how much they didn't get their top people and had to go quite far down their list.
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