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Kevin Okemwa

Can OpenAI’s mandatory week-long break fend off Meta’s $100 million talent grab? — "Someone has broken into our home"

Modern glass office building, home to artificial intelligence company OpenAI, San Francisco, California, May 27, 2025.

The past couple of weeks have been pretty intense for OpenAI. The San Francisco-based company has been under immense pressure from investors to convert into a for-profit venture, but reports suggest that Microsoft (its largest investor) is holding back the transition to protect its best interests.

On top of that, the ChatGPT maker lost a handful of its top AI talent to Mark Zuckerberg's brand-new Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the Facebook maker offered up to $100 million in signing bonuses to get some of his staff to switch sides.

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