AI talent wars are WILD!
Man, I was just scrolling through the news, and BAM! The AI talent hunt is getting crazier than a squirrel in a nut factory. You think you’ve seen it all, and then Apple and Meta just crank it up to eleven! It’s like a high-stakes poker game, but with PhDs and startups.
Apple’s Big AI Play?
So, word on the street is Apple’s been chatting up Perplexity. Why? They’re dreaming of an AI search engine, probably to finally kick that old Google deal to the curb. Imagine an Apple-powered AI search; that’d be something!
Meta’s Going ALL IN!
And Meta? Oh, Zuck’s not just sitting this one out; he’s basically diving in headfirst!
- They were sniffing around Perplexity too, and Ilya Sutskever’s new gig SSI, and Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines!
- This was before they dropped a jaw-dropping $14.3 billion on Scale AI. Talk about making a statement!
- Now they’re apparently trying to snag AI investor heavyweights Nat Friedman and SSI co-founder Daniel Gross for their superintelligence division. They’re building a dream team!
- Get this: Sam Altman even spilled that
Meta tried to poach OpenAI talent with alleged “$100 million signing bonuses“!
Insane, right? (Though he says none of his team took the bait… yet!)
Why This is HUGE!
Look, we all know Apple’s been playing a bit of catch-up in the AI game, no big secret there. But Meta’s moves? Dropping that kind of cash on Scale AI and chasing all these top names shows just how badly Zuck wants to supercharge their AI strategy.
It’s a total feeding frenzy for AI talent right now. These tech giants are pulling out ALL the stops to lure the best minds from top labs. If you’ve got AI skills, your LinkedIn is probably on fire! It’s an awesome time to be in AI, that’s for sure.