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BLOOD ON THE CODE: BIG TECH FIGHTS to STEAL ELITE AI TALENT!
In the CUTTHROAT world of Big Tech, the stakes are HIGH, and the battle for AI talent is EXPLODING! Forget your average job offers—Meta is AMPING UP the pressure, offering MIND-BLOWING salaries and jaw-dropping signing bonuses for OpenAI’s TOP engineers!
$100 MILLION Signing Bonuses? WOWZA!
OpenAI’s fearless leader, Sam Altman, spilled the shocking beans on Uncapped. According to him, Meta is throwing around INSANE offers—think $100 million signing bonuses. Yes, you read that right! This isn’t just a money war; it’s an ALL-OUT ASSAULT on talent!
Meta’s frantic quest isn’t just about recruiting; it’s about SURVIVAL! After suffering the exodus of key AI wizards and facing ridicule over its lackluster Llama 3 model, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on a recruitment CRUSADE. He’s assembling a 50-person “Superintelligence” team in an effort to claw back his throne in the AI race!
ZUCKERBERG GOES FOR BROKE!
How far is Zuck willing to go? He’s reportedly splashed out a WHOPPING $15 billion for a juicy 49% stake in ScaleAI. If that doesn’t scream DESPERATION, we don’t know what does!
While Altman’s best and brightest seem to be resisting the temptation of Meta’s gob-smacking offers, the company is still pinching some BIG names. Jack Rae from Google DeepMind and Johan Schalkwyk from Sesame AI are the latest recruits in this AI blockbuster!
META’S RETENTION NIGHTMARE!
But wait—there’s a twist! Meta struggles with a meager retention rate of just 64%! Compare that to the 80% retention rate at the hotshot AI startup Anthropic, and you can see why Zuckerberg is sweating bullets.
$2 MILLION or BUST!
The bidding war has reached NEW HEIGHTS! Zuckerberg is throwing around a staggering $2 million baseline salary to lure in talent. Meanwhile, Google has its own tactics, locking talent into NONCOMPETE rules while still paying them a full salary to play it safe. This is NOT your average 9-to-5!
HIDDEN CRISIS FOR NEW GRADS!
While the AI elite may be swimming in cash, the future is grim for fresh graduates! Entry-level hiring is COLLAPSING across the board—new grads now make up a mere 7% of Big Tech hires, plummeting more than 50% compared to pre-pandemic times. Talk about a talent graveyard!
THE AI TALENT BATTLE IS JUST BEGINNING!
As the tech giants engage in this wild scramble for the AI elite, who will emerge victorious? Will Meta rise from the ashes, or will OpenAI keep its crown? One thing’s for sure: the AI talent game just got INTERESTING—and we’re all here for the DRAMA!
photo credit: fortune.com
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