Overview

• Meta’s Superintelligence Labs recently welcomed Ruoming Pang, Apple’s foundation models manager, with a reported $200 million compensation offer.
• The hire follows earlier recruitments from OpenAI, Anthropic, Scale AI, GitHub and Safe Superintelligence as Meta builds its Superintelligence division.
• Apple has reorganized its foundation models unit under Zhifeng Chen with guidance from software chief Craig Federighi and Siri lead Mike Rockwell.
• OpenAI has launched new retention measures to discourage further departures of its AI researchers.
• Backed by advertising revenue and a $14.3 billion stake in Scale AI, Meta is sustaining parallel AI tracks and promoting open‐source models to reinforce its competitive edge.