Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’

July 1, 2025

Meta Platforms’ efforts to recruit OpenAI researchers with high compensation offers are “somewhat distasteful,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a Slack message to the company Monday night, Wired reported.

The Slack message came after Meta revealed the lineup of its new AI division, which includes at least nine researchers recently recruited from OpenAI. But Altman said Meta “didn’t get their