Meta reportedly scores two extra high-profile OpenAI researchers

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will be part of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab, stories Wired, citing two sources conversant in the matter. One other group member, Hyung Gained Chung, can also be part of Meta. 

Sources advised Wired that each the researchers’ inside OpenAI Slack profiles are presently deactivated. 

Wei and Chung could be Meta’s newest seize as CEO Mark Zuckerberg works to catch up within the race to AGI, or superintelligence, by luring high tech expertise with astounding compensation packages.

Wei’s predominant focus at OpenAI was o3 and deep analysis fashions. He got here to the ChatGPT-maker after engaged on chain-of-thought analysis at Google. Chung, who overlapped with Wei at Google, labored on deep analysis and OpenAI’s o1 mannequin. His analysis is concentrated on reasoning and brokers. 

Sources advised Wired that the 2 had an in depth working relationship, which might be why Zuckerberg scooped them each up. Like World Conflict II drafters within the U.Okay., he appears to have a penchant for bringing on teams who’ve labored collectively. 

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