Meta Tried Poaching Talent Largely Unsuccessfully, Says OpenAI Exec: 'Zuck Actually Went And Hand Delivered Soup To People He Was Trying To Recruit'

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On Tuesday, OpenAI's chief research officer, Mark Chen, says the competition for elite AI researchers has become so intense that Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally ...

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So it's inevitable that they will land some hires, but he feels OpenAI has done pretty well at retaining its top people.\nThen Chen shared one of the most surprising moments of the hiring battle: a personal recruitment attempt by Zuckerberg himself.\n\"Zuck actually went and hand-delivered soup to people that he was trying to recruit from us,\" Chen said, noting that the Meta CEO even cooked it himself. \"It was shocking to me at the time, but over time I've updated toward these things can be effective in their own way.\"\nThe gesture didn't end there. Chen later that he later adopted the tactic too. \"I’ve also delivered soup to people that we’ve been recruiting from Meta,\" he said, laughing.\nSee Also: Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk Got Richer Since Trump Came To Power, Says Bernie Sanders — New Data Shows He May Have A Point\nIn August, reports surfaced that Meta had put a halt to hiring in its AI division after months of aggressive recruiting efforts that included compensation offers reaching into the nine figures.\nMeta brought on more than 50 researchers and engineers from rival companies — including OpenAI, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. 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