{"id":138477,"date":"2025-08-29T18:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/zuckerbergs-ai-hires-disrupt-meta-with-swift-exits-and-threats-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:02:22","slug":"zuckerbergs-ai-hires-disrupt-meta-with-swift-exits-and-threats-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/zuckerbergs-ai-hires-disrupt-meta-with-swift-exits-and-threats-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg\u2019s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s multibillion-dollar push to build \u201cpersonal superintelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. Shortly afterwards, according to four people familiar with the matter, he was given the title of Meta\u2019s new \u201cchief AI scientist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident underscores Zuckerberg\u2019s turbulent effort to direct the most dramatic reorganisation of Meta\u2019s senior leadership in the group\u2019s 20-year history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/08\/zuckerbergs-ai-hires-disrupt-meta-with-swift-exits-and-threats-to-leave\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/08\/zuckerbergs-ai-hires-disrupt-meta-with-swift-exits-and-threats-to-leave\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s multibillion-dollar push to build \u201cpersonal superintelligence.\u201d Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. 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