Meta taps four OpenAI researchers for Superintelligence team

AI·OpenAIMeta taps four OpenAI reers for Superintelligence teamBY Mark GurmanBY Kurt WagnerBY BloombergBY Mark GurmanBY Kurt WagnerSEE MOREMeta on Friday signed on Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, Shengjia Zhao and Hongyu Ren

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Has hired four notable artificial intelligence reers from OpenAI, ramping up a hiring spree for its Superintelligence group

The company on Friday signed on Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, Shengjia Zhao and Hongyu Ren, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who declined to be named discussing unannounced hires

They join several other AI industry leaders, including Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, heading to Alexandr Wang’s new team at the social networking giant

Read More: Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta At OpenAI, Yu led the Perception team, while Bi, Zhao and Ren were also notable reers at the company

None of the reers responded to requests for

Meta declined to and OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for sent outside regular hours

The Information reported on the hires earlier Saturday

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