June 30th.OpenAI is one of the hottest places for AI engineers to go right now, and competitors have realized that OpenAI's greatest strength is its employees, and there are multiple reports that Meta is poaching OpenAI employees.
Mark Chen, OpenAI's chief research officer, posted a memo on his company's Slack, Wired reported today.Compare a poaching situation to someone breaking into OpenAI's house and stealing from it.
Chen further stated that he would be working with senior leadership, including Altman, toExamining how to financially compensate employees when they receive an offer from Meta, and even adjusting their overall compensation. But the executive emphasized that his main goal is to retain top talent.
Chen also cited seven other senior members of the OpenAI research team, offering guidance on how to deal with the situation if Meta tries to hire them. One piece of advice included.If Meta recruiters try to pressure with "ridiculous" offers, ask them to stop!.
1AI notes reports that OpenAI employees have recently been dealing with intense workweeks of 80 hours a week, theAnd the company is going through a massive downtime this weekOpenAI believes Meta may be poaching more during this time, and Chen reminds OpenAI employees that they should focus on their primary mission, which is to realize general-purpose artificial intelligence (AGI), and that the fight against Meta in these difficult times is a secondary mission.
It's unclear how OpenAI employees will respond to the memo's instructions in the coming days. Reports claim that Meta CEO Zuckerberg has even personally reached out to some OpenAI employees, and that Meta has scooped up four senior OpenAI researchers.