According to Zhitong Finance APP, against the backdrop of fierce competition among tech giants in the field of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms (META.US) is offering astonishing compensation to attract top talent. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed that Meta attempted to poach OpenAI employees, offering signing bonuses of up to $100 million, along with higher annual salary packages.
Altman mentioned in a podcast that although Meta tried to lure away &#34;a large number of talents&#34; from OpenAI, &#34;so far, none of our core team members have accepted their offers.&#34;
He further disclosed, &#34;I heard that Meta views us as their biggest competitor. Their current AI project progress has not met expectations, but I respect their proactive attitude in trying new strategies.&#34;
Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
It is understood that Meta's CEO is personally leading the effort to build a top team for its &#34;superintelligent&#34; AI lab and is heavily investing in the AI field through its Meta AI research department. This department is also responsible for the development of the Llama series of open-source large language models.
Reports indicate that due to concerns about model performance, Meta has recently postponed the release plan for its latest flagship AI model.
Earlier reports suggested that Zuckerberg is deeply anxious about Meta's position in the AI field and is even willing to spend billions of dollars to attract top talent. Last week, Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang announced his joining Meta, as part of the deal where the Facebook parent company acquired 49% of the AI startup for $14.3 billion. Wang also mentioned that, according to the agreement, a small number of Scale AI employees will also join Meta. Previous reports indicated that he would lead a research lab dedicated to developing &#34;superintelligence&#34; (AI systems that surpass human intelligence).
Additionally, it has been reported that Meta recently poached top talents such as Jack Rae, a chief researcher at Google's (GOOGL.US) DeepMind lab, and Zuckerberg was directly involved in the recruitment efforts.
In a podcast released on Tuesday, Altman stated that Meta's strategy of attracting talent through high upfront guaranteed salaries would divert the team's focus from actual work and would not build a winning corporate culture. &#34;I find that many companies (including Meta) are trying to 'replicate OpenAI,' but this approach simply does not work. You can only follow the old paths of your competitors and cannot establish a culture of innovative learning.&#34;
However, achieving breakthroughs in the AI field through acquiring startups and poaching talent is not a new phenomenon. Last month, OpenAI acquired the AI device startup io, founded by Apple's (AAPL.US) former chief designer Jony Ive, in an all-stock deal worth $6.4 billion, after which Ive joined OpenAI.
Some tech analysts hold a different view on the notion that &#34;Meta is lagging behind in the AI field.&#34; Daniel Newman, CEO of Futurum Group, stated, &#34;Meta has actually built the underlying framework for open-source AI development, and many current advancements in the AI field are based on its technological ecosystem.&#34;
&#34;Open source usually refers to software whose source code can be freely accessed, modified, and redistributed on the internet, and Llama's open-source characteristics have prompted numerous third-party applications to be developed based on its architecture. Newman added that Meta's substantial investments in companies like Scale AI will continue to drive its progress in the field of large-scale model training

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Meta Platforms is recruiting OpenAI employees with signing bonuses of up to $100 million, although OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that core team members have not yet accepted the offers. Meta's CEO is personally assembling a top AI team and is heavily investing in the AI field through the Meta AI research department. Recently, Meta postponed the release plan for its flagship AI model and has acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI, with Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang also set to join Meta

- Meta Platforms is aggressively recruiting top talent in the AI sector, offering up to $100 million in signing bonuses, as revealed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.  
- Despite Meta's attempts to lure away key OpenAI employees, Altman noted that none of their core team members have accepted offers so far.  
- Meta's CEO is personally leading efforts to build a top-tier team for its "superintelligent" AI lab, while also facing criticism for its recruitment strategies that may detract from effective team dynamics.

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