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Namrata Sen

'Fake News:' Former Engineer Joining Meta Refutes Sam Altman's $100M Golden Pass Accusation To Poach OpenAI Talent

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OpenAI engineers Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai have dismissed rumors that they each received a $100 million signing bonus to join Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META).

What Happened: The trio, who also set up OpenAI’s Zurich office last year, confirmed their transition to Meta. However, they denied assertions made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the substantial signing bonus through a post on X. Beyer termed the news as “fake.”

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