During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the « $100 million signing bonuses » that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees.
« Sam is just being dishonest here, » Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, said at the meeting when asked about Altman’s remarks. « He’s suggesting that we’re doing this for every single person… Look, you guys, the market’s hot. It’s not that hot. »
The « $100 million bonus » headline has rightfully become a meme on social media since Altman said the number on his brother’s podcast. « What Sam neglects to mention is that he’s countering all these offers, creating a small market for a very, very small number of people who are for senior, senior leadership roles » in the new superintelligence AI team Meta is building, Bosworth told Meta employees today. « That is not the general thing that’s happening in the AI space. And of course, he’s not mentioning what the actual terms of the offer are. It’s not [a] sign-on bonus. It’s all these different things. »
Bosworth then referenced recent stories about a handful of OpenAI researchers who are joining Meta and said there are « quite a few mo …
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