Someone who knows all three men calls the trio “the avengers”. He reckons they will have huge additional sums at their disposal to hire top AI researchers in order to unseat Open AI, maker of Chat GPT, as the dominant generative- AI firm. “They’re going to go big,” he says.

OpenAI's CEO says Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has been making 'giant offers' to try and poach the company's staff. 'You know, like a $100 million signing bonus,' Sam Altman says.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Meta’s lavish signing bonuses won’t build a great A.I. culture, despite Zuckerberg’s intense recruitment blitz.