Meta Hires Former OpenAI Leader Yang Song as Research Principal After Summer AI Talent Poaching Spree
Summary
Meta hires former OpenAI strategic explorations leader Yang Song as research principal following Zuckerberg's aggressive summer recruitment of 11 top AI researchers from rival companies, even as several scientists simultaneously exit Meta's Superintelligence Labs for competitors.
Key Points
- Meta hires Yang Song, former OpenAI strategic explorations team leader, as research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs reporting to Shengjia Zhao
- Song joins Meta after Zuckerberg conducts summer hiring blitz recruiting at least 11 top researchers from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic
- Several researchers leave Meta Superintelligence Labs since June launch, with two returning to OpenAI and one departing for Microsoft AI