Meta has reportedly stopped its talent hunt for its AI division.
The social media group is assembling what it calls an elite, talent-dense team to build its AI superintelligence.
Several reports say one person was offered, and refused, a $1 billion package, and others are fielding $250 million enticements to come over to Meta.
However, the social media company has now frozen hiring after picking up more than 50 experts, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“The hiring freeze, which went into effect last week and coincides with a broader restructuring of the group, also prohibits current employees from moving across teams inside the division,” the Wall Street Journal said, quoting “people familiar with the matter”.
Meta confirmed the freeze.
Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is putting billions into his Meta Superintelligence Lab and attracting top talent by not only dangling top dollars but also the best tools.
“I've spent a lot of time building this team this (June) quarter and the reason that so many people are excited to join is because Meta has all the ingredients required to build leading models and deliver them to billions of people,” he told analysts during a briefing on June quarter results.
“The people who are joining us will have access to unparalleled compute as we build out several multi-GW (multi-gigawatt datacentre) clusters.
“We're making all these investments because we have conviction that superintelligence is going to improve every aspect of what we do.”
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