Meta is continuing its aggressive recruitment from rival AI labs, reportedly hiring four more researchers from OpenAI.
According to The Information, the newly recruited scientists include Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, and Hongyu Ren, adding to Meta’s growing pool of AI talent.
This comes just days after TechCrunch revealed that Meta had already secured Trapit Bansal, another prominent researcher from OpenAI. That brings the total to at least five recent hires from OpenAI, marking a clear escalation in the ongoing competition for top minds in artificial intelligence.
The hires follow the April launch of Meta’s Llama 4 models, which reportedly fell short of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s performance expectations. The company faced criticism over its Llama implementation in benchmark tests, adding urgency to Meta’s push to boost its AI capabilities.
Tensions between Meta and OpenAI have been rising. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously claimed Meta was offering “$100 million signing bonuses,” though he insisted none of their “best people” had left. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth responded by clarifying that while some senior leaders may have received high-value offers, the terms were more nuanced than just large upfront payments.
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