Elon Musk brags he lured Meta's top stars away despite jaw-dropping offers to stay

Elon Musk has raided Meta's collection of talented researchers, despite Mark Zuckerberg reportedly offering some a fortune to choose his company instead. The workers were part of Zuckerberg's AI team, helping Meta in the global race to build superintelligence, an almost godlike form of artificial intelligence that could think for itself and be much smarter than any human. Musk himself has gloated about the departures, posting on X that'many strong Meta engineers have and are joining xAI and without the need for insane initial [compensation].' At least 14 Meta researchers and engineers have left for their new home at Musk's AI competitor since January, while others have fled to OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. A spokesperson for Meta told the Daily Mail: 'Some attrition is normal for any organization of this size.'