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AI engineers reject Meta's $1.5 billion offers to stay loyal to their mission | Compensation doesn't always win the war for top AI talent


While not in the majority, many engineers are choosing to pass up unprecedented offers in favor of staying loyal to their mission, values, and the chance to...

Editor's take: As industry leaders dig ever deeper into their war chests to recruit AI talent, a profound question is emerging: Can money alone win the battle for the minds building tomorrow's most powerful technologies? When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg set his sights on bringing top generative AI talent to his new Superintelligence Labs, he reached out to dozens of employees at Thinking Machines, trying to recruit some of the highest-profile minds in the field, according to The Wall Street Journal. The chance to work in close-knit teams led by visionaries like Mira Murati or to pursue ambitious goals outside the shadow of tech's largest corporations has become a more compelling draw than even the extraordinary deals that promise to make recipients instantly wealthy.

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