Zuckerberg Recruits Top AI Talent for Meta's Superintelligence Lab
Mark Zuckerberg is actively recruiting top AI talent for Meta's new Superintelligence Lab, offering substantial financial incentives. He has personally contacted hundreds of researchers and engineers, including those from DeepMind and OpenAI.
Zuckerberg has been engaging with AI research papers and hosting potential hires at his residences. Despite his efforts, some potential recruits found his vision for the new team vague or lacking a specific execution plan. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that Meta's recruitment attempts have not succeeded in poaching his top personnel.
Zuckerberg has attempted to recruit OpenAI co-founder John Schulman, Bill Peebles, and Ilya Sutskever, with mixed success. Meta's struggles in developing advanced AI technology were evident in April, following accusations of manipulating a leaderboard and postponing the unveiling of a new AI model.
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has expressed skepticism about the fundamental approach to AI advancement currently adopted by Meta. Some individuals initially doubted the authenticity of Zuckerberg's recruitment messages.
Zuckerberg has committed $14 billion for a stake in AI startup Scale and its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead the new AI team. Despite challenges in recruitment and internal skepticism, Zuckerberg's personal involvement and substantial investment indicate Meta's serious commitment to accelerating the development of advanced AI systems.
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