Meta chaos: Zuckerberg spends billions of dollars to recruit AI 'mercenaries'
Mark Zuckerberg spends tens of billions of dollars hunting for AI talent, but is criticized for only attracting 'mercenaries', allowing competitors to take away the best people.
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Meta used to be the "holy land" of the world's top AI talents before falling into crisis. The wave of personnel leaving for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and AI startups has caused Meta to lose many pillars.
Mark Zuckerberg offers compensation packages worth hundreds of millions to billions of dollars to attract experts. However, many people refuse because they believe they will make a bigger impact at another company.
Opponents criticize Meta for attracting only “mercenaries” instead of “missionaries” for its mission. Chaotic internal culture, pressure to rush products, and technical conflicts further drove talent away. Even AI products like Llama 4 are considered failures and lack competitiveness.
Sam Altman (OpenAI) asserts that “missionaries will beat mercenaries” in the AI race. Dear readers, please watch more videos : AI Trash Cleaning | Hanoi 18:00
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