- Mark Zuckerberg is actively recruiting AI talent for Meta, enticing experts from Google’s DeepMind with personalized letters, as reported by The Knowledge.
- Meta has streamlined its hiring process by assigning tasks directly to candidates without the need for preliminary interviews, as indicated in the report.
Mark Zuckerberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta, is intensifying the company’s recruitment efforts to attract and onboard AI expertise.
As per The Knowledge report, Zuckerberg, as the head of Meta, has been reaching out to AI specialists at Google’s DeepMind through personal correspondence, based on information from two sources familiar with the matter.
One of the sources disclosed to The Knowledge that Zuckerberg emphasized the pivotal role of AI within Meta in his letters and expressed his desire for potential collaboration.
Moreover, Meta’s recruitment approach has taken a unique turn, with the company assigning tasks to candidates without the traditional interview process, as highlighted in The Knowledge. Additionally, The Information reported that Meta has adjusted its policy to offer competitive salaries to employees in high-demand positions.
These unconventional recruitment tactics employed by Meta underscore Zuckerberg’s strategic vision to establish the company as a prominent player in the AI industry.
In a January interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg revealed that Meta had acquired over 340,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs by the conclusion of 2024. These GPUs, essential for training and developing AI models, have gained popularity among tech firms.
Zuckerberg emphasized Meta’s unparalleled capabilities in this domain, stating, “We have the ability to do this on a level that may exceed that of any other personal company,” while acknowledging potential concerns from others in the industry.
Distinguishing itself from competitors like OpenAI, Meta has been a proponent of open-source AI software development. In a recent move, Meta introduced Llama 2, a predominantly open-source AI framework.
During an earnings call last month, Zuckerberg informed investors that AI would be Meta’s primary focus for investment in 2024, encompassing infrastructure and solution development.
At the time of writing, Meta representatives had not responded to a request for comment from Business Insider outside regular business hours.
