OpenAI Hires Leading Engineers from DeepMind

OpenAI has hired three senior engineers from Google DeepMind to work on multimodal AI at its new Zurich office. The hires, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai, reflect the intense competition among AI companies to secure top talent. OpenAI, known for its advancements in multimodal AI, is expanding globally with new offices planned in several cities. The move comes amid a broader trend of high-profile talent shifts in the AI industry, as companies like Microsoft and Google also engage in aggressive recruitment strategies.