OpenAI hires Meta AI researcher who previously led Apple’s models team: Report

OpenAI has hired ‌Ruoming Pang, a high-profile AI ​researcher at Meta, ⁠who had joined the company from Apple about seven months ‌ago, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing ‌an OpenAI spokesperson.

Meta and ‌OpenAI ⁠did not immediately respond ⁠to Reuters’ requests for comment.

Pang oversaw artificial intelligence infrastructure for Meta’s ​Superintelligence Labs, ‌which is developing the company’s next generation of AI models. He left Meta ‌last week after ​being aggressively recruited by OpenAI for several months, ⁠the report added. Pang joined Meta last year on a ‌compensation package valued at more than $200 million over several years, according to a Bloomberg report.

Meta and its peers are fueling ‌a fierce Silicon Valley talent war ​through aggressive hiring as tech firms offer multi-million-dollar ⁠pay packages to attract ⁠top talent in the race to lead the ‌next wave of AI.