Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg opened the next battle for the future of technology-and this time is not just about products, but about people. Artificial intelligence is at the center of his new “Monshot”. In order to become number one in this future market, Zuckerberg is radical: it offers top salaries that blow up everything that has been existent so far, and get talents from the current industry leader Openaai.
The Meta CEO itself does not shy away from astronomical sums. According to reports, meta individual AI top talents pays up to $ 100 million per year. This corresponds to the salaries of sports superstars such as Messi or LeBron James. Some four-year contracts should amount to an incredible $ 300 million. It’s not just about technology, but also about prestige – and about power.
With money against Openaai: the “AI transfers” as in professional sports
The spectacular removal is already staged on the X (formerly Twitter) platform. Users post pictures in the style of baseball cards on which AI researchers such as superstars are shown. Names such as Jan Leike or Ilya Sutskever, some of which come from the founding team of Openaai, suddenly appear in the meta jersey-a symbol for the aggressive course that Zuckerberg has chosen.
Sam Altman, CEO from Openaai, reacts alarmed. Insiders report that he is angry and ready to fight – some even speak of a real “war” about talent. Altman sees an attack on the foundation of his company in Zuckerberg’s strategy. While Openaai cooperates with Microsoft and strongly establishes ethics and security, Meta is fully turning the accelerator pedal-with the aim of adopting absolute AI pre-rules.
