Why top AI talent is leaving Meta: Researchers head for the door, using Mark Zuckerberg’s own words to justify exit

Mark Zuckerberg’s drive to propel Meta to the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) is reportedly encountering early difficulties. Several leading researchers have left the company’s newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) only months after its announcement.

Lavish recruitment drive

According to Futurism, MSL intended to signal Meta’s entry into the highest tier of AI research. Zuckerberg himself spearheaded the hiring effort, reportedly offering unprecedented salaries and contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to lure experts…