July 7 News.OpenAI Recruiting executive Joaquin Quiñonero Candela named names on X the other day. MetaMeta has been criticized for its aggressive approach to job hunting. He revealed that Meta offered high-paying positions to OpenAI employees, but these offers were only valid for a few hours, leaving little time for employees to communicate with their supervisors. He said this behavior was "immoral" and that it "gives one a whiff of thegive up all hopeThe flavor."
Candela writes: "I understand the need for efficiency, butYou can't use deadlines as a weapon.." But he then downplayed the "immoral" language, saying he didn't want to appear morally superior.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg isn't just targeting OpenAI, he's also eyeing Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup founded by OpenAI co-founder Sutzkiewicz. According to CNBC, citing sources familiar with the matter, SSI was one of Meta's potential acquisition targets. In April, SSI was valued at $32 billion (note: the current exchange rate is about 229.376 billion yuan).
CNBC reports that Sutcliffe has rejected Meta's offer as well as personal lobbying from Zuckerberg himself. Zuckerberg has since turned to SSI CEO Daniel Gross and GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. Both will now join Meta and work with Scale AI founder Alexander Wang. Wang was recruited, along with other engineers, in an overall deal valued at about $15 billion, and Meta now owns 49% of the company.
OpenAI CEO Jack Altman also expressed his displeasure with Meta's hiring practices on the "Uncapped" podcast he co-hosts with his brother Jack Altman. He argued that this strategy ultimatelyIt's only destroying Meta's own culture.He noted that Meta emphasizes money over mission and meaningful work. He noted Meta's emphasis on money at the expense of mission and meaningful work, and emphasized that no OpenAI employee has yet accepted Meta's offer. Altman also criticized Meta for previouslyResults in AI are far below expectations, and the innovativeness is not outstanding.
Zuckerberg has now reportedly taken it upon himself to recruit core research talent for Meta's superintelligence team. One of the key steps in this process is the acquisition of Scale AI, a data labeling company, for nearly $15 billion ($107.52 billion at current exchange rates).