Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab, reports Wired, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, may also join Meta. 

Sources told Wired that both the researchers’ internal OpenAI Slack profiles are currently deactivated. 

Wei and Chung would be Meta’s latest grab as CEO Mark Zuckerberg works to catch up in the race to AGI, or superintelligence, by luring top tech talent with astounding compensation packages.

Wei’s main focus at OpenAI was o3 and deep research models. He came to the ChatGPT-maker after working on chain-of-thought research at Google. Chung, who overlapped with Wei at Google, worked on deep research and OpenAI’s o1 model. His research is focused on reasoning and agents. 

Sources told Wired that the two had a close working relationship, which could be why Zuckerberg scooped them both up. Like World War II drafters in the UK, he seems to have a penchant for bringing on groups who’ve worked together. 

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