Sources: 
Meta has escalated the AI talent war by hiring Daniel Gross, CEO and co-founder of Safe Superintelligence, after its attempt to acquire the startup was declined by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.
Gross brings a wealth of experience as a longtime entrepreneur and AI investor. He founded the search engine Cue, acquired in 2013, and served as a top executive at Apple, where he helped lead machine learning initiatives and the development of Siri.
Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive hiring tactics reflect Meta's commitment to competing at the forefront of AI innovation. The company is racing alongside OpenAI and other tech giants to develop powerful large language models and advance toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), AI that matches or surpasses human intelligence.
"Meta recently tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence," but after the offer was rebuffed, Zuckerberg targeted Gross directly, underscoring the high stakes in the AI talent competition.
This move highlights the intensifying battle among leading tech firms to secure top AI talent and accelerate breakthroughs in machine learning and AGI development.
Stats & Quotes:- "Gross founded the search engine Cue, which was acquired by in 2013."
- "He was a top executive at Apple and helped lead machine learning efforts and the development of Siri."
- "Meta, and OpenAI, along with a host of other big companies and high-valued startups, are racing to develop the most powerful large language models, and pushing towards artificial general intelligence (AGI)."
Sources: Meta has intensified the AI talent war by hiring Daniel Gross, CEO of Safe Superintelligence, after failing to acquire the startup. Gross, an experienced entrepreneur and AI investor, previously led machine learning efforts at Apple and founded the search engine Cue, signaling Meta's aggressive push in AI development.
