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 didn’t hold back. In a podcast hosted by his brother, he revealed that Meta Platforms dangled $100 million signing bonuses to lure OpenAI staff, only to fail. “None of our best people have decided to take them up on that,