OpenAI’s payroll reveals it hired former employees of Meta and Google in it’s to create an AI chatbot
OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, has hired former employees of Meta and Google. OpenAI made a splash in the tech world with its innovative chatbot ChatGPT. The ability of Microsoft-backed ChatGPT to generate finely crafted text messages such as essays or poems in seconds using large language models technology has taken the world by storm.
According to the report, OpenAI employs 59 ex-Google employees and 34 ex-Meta employees, according to data from Lead Genius and Punks & Pinstripes. The company also employs several former Apple and Amazon employees. Greg Larkin, CEO of Punks & Pinstripes, a network of Fortune 500 executives, said the data should serve as a “wakeup call” for big tech firms. “OpenAI is a sign that Big Tech, especially Google, isn’t optimizing its investments in its employees,” Larkin said. The majority of OpenAI's leadership team is made up of former Big Tech employees, including several ex-Google, Meta, and Apple employees.
The leadership of OpenAI is primarily made up of former Big Tech employees, including those from Google, Meta, and Apple, all of which are competing AI departments. Both Meta and Google recently announced mass layoffs, citing the global recession. Microsoft plans to reduce its workforce as well. Meanwhile, Microsoft has expanded its partnership with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and announced earlier this month that the technology would be integrated into its Bing web browser and Edge search engine. Google, seeing a sudden threat to its search engine dominance, quickly announced that it would soon release its own language AI, known as Bard. However, reports of disturbing interactions with Microsoft’s Bing chatbot went viral, including its issuing threats and expressing a desire to steal nuclear code. The decision to invest $1 million per laid-off worker in an AI company appears to be motivated by financial considerations. As a result of rising costs and slowing advertising revenue, Meta recently laid off approximately 11,000 employees or 13% of its workforce.