Sutskever to lead Safe Superintelligence after Meta poaches CEO Gross in AI talent war

Ilya Sutskever has taken over the reins of Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the artificial intelligence startup he launched last year, after losing CEO Daniel Gross to an intensifying talent war in the industry.

Gross has joined Meta Platforms to lead its AI products division, sources told Reuters.

The development comes as tech giants such as Meta Platforms aggressively chase high-profile acquisitions and offer multi-million-dollar pay packages to attract top talent in the race to lead the next wave of artificial intelligence.

Meta had also attempted to…