Ilya Sutskever is now at the helm of Safe Superintelligence (SSI), his AI startup, following the departure of CEO Daniel Gross. Gross has joined Meta Platforms to lead their AI products division, highlighting the fierce competition for talent in the AI sector.
This leadership change underscores the intensifying war for top AI engineers and researchers. Tech giants like Meta are actively pursuing acquisitions and offering lucrative compensation packages to attract skilled individuals, aiming to dominate the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence. Gross’s move to Meta is a testament to this trend, as companies vie for leadership in developing the next generation of AI technologies. The original article suggests that Meta had previously tried to hire Sutskever.
