Sam Altman likens Meta’s poaching spree to mercenaries, warns of cultural risks in leaked memo

Sam Altman likens Meta’s poaching spree to mercenaries, warns of cultural risks in leaked memo

The rift between Meta and OpenAI seems to be far from over. Meta recently released its list of AI researchers that were poached from OpenAI and Google’s DeepMind. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who had earlier expressed his displeasure with Meta’s transgressions, seems to have been hitting back. According to a report in Wired, Altman, in […]

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Meta pursued AI video generation startup Runway before .3B Scale AI deal: Report

Meta pursued AI video generation startup Runway before $14.3B Scale AI deal: Report

Meta seems to be operating with a renewed urgency to dominate the AI race as the social media giant has quietly explored acquiring several startups, including video generation firm Runway, in recent weeks. The Facebook and Instagram parent held talks with Runway over a potential takeover ahead of its announcement about making a multi-billion-dollar investment […]

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Sam Altman likens Meta’s poaching spree to mercenaries, warns of cultural risks in leaked memo

Sam Altman says Meta offered $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta has offered his employees bonuses of $100 million to recruit them, as the tech giant seeks to ramp up its artificial intelligence strategy. The alleged attempts by Meta to hire OpenAI staffers are the latest signs of a frenzy to hire top engineers to develop AI models, and […]

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