June 26, 2025:
Meta Poaches Top OpenAI Researcher for AI Push - Meta has recruited Trapit Bansal, a key OpenAI researcher, for its new AI superintelligence unit, enhancing its AI reasoning models. This is part of Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive hiring strategy, which includes recruiting other prominent AI researchers to develop competitive AI technologies.
Despite recent hires, Meta faces pressure with OpenAI's upcoming AI reasoning model release. Bansal, who played a crucial role at OpenAI, joins Meta amid increasing competition in the AI landscape, aiming to advance Meta's position in AI-driven products and services.
