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OpenAI boss: Meta offering $100m plus to poach my staff

Sam Altman said so far none of his "best people" had jumped ship to his big tech rival.

Speaking on his brother Jack's podcast, Sam Altman said he respected Meta's aggression in competing with OpenAI, which makes the world's best known AI-powered product, ChatGPT. Though he called Meta's pursuit of superintelligence "rational," he compared it to Google's failed attempt at setting up a social media platform to rival Facebook. Sam Altman's comments are just the latest example of the leading figures in tech offering opinions on what their rivals are doing, with podcasts being a popular medium for these sometimes unflattering appraisals.

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