Meta escalates the AI talent war, poaching four researchers from OpenAI amid its Llama 4 AI models' underperformance, fueling the tug-of-war between the tech giants over AI talent and lucrative compensation packages.
Meta bolsters its AI capabilities by poaching OpenAI researcher Trapit Bansal, who joins the company's new AI superintelligence unit led by Alexandr Wang, aiming to develop advanced AI reasoning models to power products like AI agents.
Google unveils Gemini CLI, an open-source AI agent that empowers developers' terminals with unmatched usage limits, offering 60 model requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day for free, leveraging the same technology as Gemini Code Assist.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explores acquiring AI startup Thinking Machines Lab founded by Mira Murati, but talks stall before reaching formal offer stage, as he actively seeks AI acquisitions to enhance Meta's capabilities.
Apple eyes acquiring Perplexity AI, a move that could bolster its artificial intelligence capabilities, enhancing features like Siri and offering an AI-powered search alternative on Safari as the tech giant aims to catch up with rivals in the AI landscape.
Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, intensifies its AI ambitions by pursuing an acquisition of Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence startup, though a deal has yet to materialize, following its recent investments in Scale AI and a failed bid for Safe Superintelligence.
Meta faces a brain drain as top AI talent leaves for rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic, lured by better culture and flexibility despite Meta's lucrative $2M salaries, with nearly 20% of new AI lab hires coming from tech giants.
Meta unveils an AI lab focused on 'superintelligence,' led by Alexandr Wang from Scale AI, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims to outpace rivals in achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI).
AI adoption among companies appears to be plateauing as firms confront the reality of AI's current limitations, with 41% of U.S. businesses having deployed AI products as of May 2025, according to fintech company Ramp's AI Index based on transaction data.
Amazon plans to invest $10 billion in North Carolina to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, creating at least 500 high-skilled jobs in the state where it already employs about 24,000 workers.