“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 #SamAltman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees.
“Sam is just being dishonest here,” #AndrewBosworth, 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 #SocialMedia 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 #LeadershipRoles” in the new superintelligence #AITeam Meta is building”
<https://theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/694028/meta-openai-100-million-bonus-talent-war> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/W3nTr>