Howdy, and welcome to Decoder! That is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode visitor host and deputy editor at The Verge. At present, I’m joined by Hayden Area, The Verge’s senior AI reporter. We’re speaking in regards to the AI expertise wars and why some researchers are all of a sudden getting traded like they’re NBA superstars.
In the event you’ve been paying consideration in any respect to the AI business this previous month, you’ve possible seen tales in regards to the hiring frenzy that’s been taking place at Large Tech, analysis labs, and AI startups. Main the cost is Mark Zuckerberg, who’s been making some really unprecedented job provides to try to lure prime expertise to Meta.
However there’s a complete lot extra to this story. Hayden and I’ve been reporting on this for the previous a number of weeks to get a way of how large a few of these provides actually are, why corporations like Google are opting to rent as an alternative of purchase, and what it implies that a number of the most sought-after AI consultants on the earth are not motivated by cash alone.
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