Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries' | WIRED
“What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired off a leaked memo slamming Meta’s recent AI talent-poaching binge, warning that “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and predicting “very deep cultural problems” at Facebook’s parent company. He urged researchers to stick with OpenAI—teasing an organization-wide pay review, hyping the upside of OpenAI stock, and touting the startup’s quirky, mission-driven culture as the best place to build AGI “in a good way.”
The memo follows Meta’s announcement of a new superintelligence team led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, which scooped up several OpenAI researchers. Altman contrasted Meta’s mercenary hiring tactics with OpenAI’s long-term vision and tighter culture, arguing that while other outfits might chase AI for its own sake, OpenAI is all in on safely creating general intelligence—and plans to reward everyone who helps make it happen.
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