OpenAI Poaches Former Apple Leader from Meta as Big Tech AI Clash Deepens

FomoAnxiety · 2026-02-26T05:45:24+00:00

OpenAI has hired prominent AI researcher Ruoming Pang from Meta, indicating a competitive and costly race in AI talent acquisition as companies vie for leadership in advanced AI development.

FomoAnxiety

2026-02-26 05:45:24

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OpenAI has reportedly hired Ruoming Pang, a star AI researcher from Meta Platforms META +2.25% ▲ , intensifying the AI talent war. Pang was previously leading Apple’s AAPL +0.77% ▲ Foundation Models team before being recruited by Meta just seven months ago. The high-profile recruitment signals that the race to build the world’s most powerful AI is getting more intense and more expensive, by the day.

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