Meta Wanted OpenAI Talent at 100M

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Meta fails to attract OpenAI talent despite $100M bids; Amazon cuts jobs as AI boosts efficiency; Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite for quicker, cheaper AI at scale.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Trend Watch: Turn Products into Miniature Worlds

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Prompts to Manage ADHD

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Hottest AI News

OpenAI

Meta Failed to Lure OpenAI Staff Despite $100M Offers, Says Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that Meta’s efforts to lure top AI talent with huge compensation offers have mostly failed. The news highlights the fierce competition and contrasting strategies in the race toward AGI.

Details:

• Meta, led by Zuckerberg, offered over $100M to lure top talent from OpenAI and DeepMind—like Noam Brown and Koray Kavukcuoglu—but failed to secure major hires

• Altman credits OpenAI’s strong culture and AGI focus for retaining talent. He criticized Meta’s money-driven approach, saying it lacks innovation and mission alignment

• Both firms are entering AI-driven social media. OpenAI is building an AI-powered custom feed app, while Meta’s AI app has faced user confusion

The Meta–OpenAI talent war reflects a larger battle for AI dominance. As OpenAI readies an open model to strengthen its lead, Meta builds its team under ex-Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, intensifying the rivalry.

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Amazon

AI Efficiency Leads to Amazon Job Cuts According to CEO

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has informed employees that AI advancements will gradually reduce the corporate workforce. In a company-wide memo, he cited increased efficiency from Amazon’s broad AI adoption as the main driver behind the expected cuts.

Details:

• Amazon has cut over 27,000 jobs since 2022, with recent layoffs hitting its devices, services, and books teams. Jassy said AI will reshape workflows, reducing some roles while opening up different kinds of positions

• The company has over 1,000 AI tools either built or in progress, which Jassy called a “small portion” of what’s planned. He urged employees to become fluent in AI and use it to work more efficiently with leaner teams

• Jassy’s core message: those who adopt AI, contribute to its growth, and enhance customer experience will be better positioned to stay and make an impact at Amazon

Amazon isn’t alone in using AI to reshape workforces. Shopify requires managers to justify hires over AI, and Duolingo plans to replace contractors with AI in its “AI-first” strategy.

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Top AI & Tech News

• Google made Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro available for production, and launched Flash-Lite as their fastest, most cost-efficient 2.5 model for high-volume tasks

• ByteDance’s Seedance and MiniMax’s Hailuo 02 have overtaken Google’s Veo 3 on the Artificial Analysis video gen leaderboard

• Meta is developing next-gen AI smart glasses with Prada and Oakley, with Oakley's version possibly priced at $360

• Chinese entrepreneur Luo Yonghao used AI digital twin for a six-hour Baidu livestream, generating over $7M in sales—beating his previous human-led streams

AI Trend Watch

How to Turn Products into Miniature Worlds 🤯

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

drone shot third-person POV video game screenshot, young anime protagonist riding a worn skateboard through coastal town. Camera positioned 2 meters behind character at hip height, showing full body: slightly oversized white t-shirt billowing, knee-length blue shorts flapping, scuffed sneakers planted on grip tape. Character crouching mid-turn on cobblestone street, one hand grazing pavement for balance. Pastel houses with flower boxes lining road, distant lighthouse under Miyazaki skies. Turquoise spirit fox keeping pace, fisheye lens effect, HUD (minimap corner, health bar), painterly textures. --ar 9:16 --raw --v 7

Prompt of the Day

6 Prompts to Manage ADHD

This Reddit post shares 6 prompts to turn ChatGPT into your ADHD support tool—helping you organize tasks, plan your week, stay focused, and manage stress more effectively.

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