Meta spending big on Al talent

MARK Zuckerberg and Meta are spending billions of dollars for top talent to make up ground in the generative artificial intelligence race, sparking doubt about the wisdom of the spree.

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OpenAl boss Sam Altman recently lamented that Meta has offered $100 million bonuses to engineers who jump to Zuckerberg’s ship, where hefty salaries await.

A few OpenAI employees have reportedly taken Meta up on the offer, joining Scale AI founder and former chief executive Alexandr Wang at the Menlo Park-based tech titan.

Meta paid more than $14 billion for a 49 percent stake in Scale AI in mid-June, bringing Wang on board as part of the deal.

Scale Al labels data to better train AI models for businesses, governments and labs.