Mark Zuckerberg has announced the formation of the Meta Superintelligence Labs, a new AI research team composed largely of talent poached from rivals such as OpenAI and Google. Meta's aggressive recruitment strategy includes offering former OpenAI researchers substantial incentives, allegedly up to $100 million in signing bonuses. This has sparked discontent at OpenAI, with its Chief Research Officer describing the situation as a 'home invasion.' OpenAI has confirmed the departure of several key researchers to Meta and is now reevaluating their compensation structure to retain talent. The newly formed team at Meta is headed by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, focusing on advancing AI and developing superintelligent systems. Zuckerberg expressed confidence that their efforts would lead to breakthroughs in personal superintelligence, while urging Meta's employees to adapt to the competitive hiring landscape.

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