Meta hires four OpenAI researchers in latest AI talent raid
Meta poaches four top OpenAI researchers including Shengjia Zhao and Jiahui Yu...
Deep Dive
Meta has hired four OpenAI researchers — Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, and Hongyu Ren — according to a report citing a person familiar with their hiring.
Key Points
- Meta hired four OpenAI researchers: Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, and Hongyu Ren.
- The hires follow a series of defections from OpenAI to Meta, including key members of the GPT-4 team.
- Meta is using these hires to accelerate its Llama 3 model development and strengthen its multimodal AI capabilities.
Why It Matters
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