Suspense crime, Digital Desk : The fierce battle for top AI talent has intensified, with Meta hiring at least three researchers directly from its main rival, OpenAI. The move comes just days after OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, publicly accused Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg of trying to lure away his staff with “enormous compensation packages.”

The new hires were reportedly members of OpenAI’s “Superalignment” team, a group dedicated to a crucial mission: ensuring that powerful, superintelligent AI systems remain safe and aligned with human values. This team was recently disbanded at OpenAI, which may have made its highly sought-after researchers available on the job market.

This development adds a new layer of drama to the ongoing rivalry between the two AI powerhouses. During a recent podcast, Sam Altman claimed that Zuckerberg had been personally emailing his employees with massive offers. While he didn’t name specific figures in the podcast, a previous report suggested Meta was floating offers as high as $100 million to poach top AI talent.

For its part, Meta has downplayed these claims, stating that while it offers competitive compensation, it is not engaging in such exorbitant bidding wars.

Regardless of the circumstances, this move underscores the high-stakes war for a very small pool of experts who can build and manage the next generation of artificial intelligence. As tech giants race to dominate the AI landscape, the researchers and engineers with these rare skills have become the most valuable assets in Silicon Valley, and companies are willing to go to great lengths to recruit them.

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