Meta just hired the co-creator of ChatGPT in an escalating AI talent war with OpenAI

Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of ChatGPT and former lead scientist at OpenAI, is joining Meta as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Labs.

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• Meta hires Shengjia Zhao, ChatGPT co-creator, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Labs.
• Mark Zuckerberg is on a multibillion-dollar AI spending spree, which includes poaching talent.
• Other tech CEO have mixed opinions about Zuckerberg's recruitment approach.

Meta just escalated the AI talent war with OpenAI.