Meta shifts strategy, hires AI leaders after startup bid rejection

TL;DR
Meta's attempt to acquire the $32 billion AI startup Safe Superintelligence was rejected by co-founder Ilya Sutskever, leading the company to instead focus on poaching top AI talent like Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman to bolster its push into superintelligence, highlighting the intense competition in AI development.
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- Ilya Sutskever rejected Meta’s bid for his $32B startup, so Zuckerberg is hiring his CEO instead CTech
- Meta in Talks to Hire AI Investors Friedman and Gross, Partially Buy Out Their Venture Fund The Information
- Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO CNBC
- Mark Zuckerberg is spending megabucks on an AI hiring spree The Economist
- Meta in talks to hire former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to join AI efforts, The Information reports Yahoo Finance
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