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šŸ¤– Tesla vs. OpenAI: ā€œAI Talent Warā€

PLUS: Metaā€™s Deepfake Playbook: More Labels, Less Takedowns, Appleā€™s Personal Home Robots?!

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In todayā€™s AI Report:

  • āš”ļøTesla vs. OpenAI: ā€œAI Talent Warā€

  • šŸ«Metaā€™s Deepfake Playbook: More Labels, Less Takedowns

  • šŸŽAppleā€™s Personal Home Robots?!

  • šŸ› 5 Trending Tools

  • šŸ’°Venture Capital Updates

  • šŸ’¼Whoā€™s Hiring?

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šŸ—žRECENT NEWS

ELON MUSK

āš”ļøTesla vs. OpenAI: ā€œAI Talent Warā€

Image Source: Wolfram Burner/Tesla Factory Flickr

Elon Muskā€™s Tesla is boosting compensation packages for AI researchers and engineers to combat aggressive recruiting tactics by Sam Altmanā€™s OpenAI.

Key Details:
  • Musk openly criticized OpenAI for its ā€œaggressiveā€ recruitment and poaching of several Tesla engineers, referring to the situation as ā€œthe craziest talent war Iā€™ve ever seen.ā€

  • In a thread on X, Musk explained: ā€œTesla is increasing compensation contingent on progress milestones for our AI engineering team.ā€

  • Glassdoor estimates the total annual salary range for a Tesla Machine Learning (ML) Engineer is $168,000 to $252,000.

  • In contrast, the total annual salary range for OpenAI is $121,082 to $136,979, with a median salary of $925,000, including base salary, stock compensation, and bonuses.

Why Itā€™s Important:
  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently emailed Google DeepMind employees to pursue AI talent with quick offers. The bitter rivalry between established technology companies like Meta, Tesla, and OpenAI is fueling an all-out talent war.

  • Companies that secure top talent will release flagship AI models that optimize revenue, allowing them to obtain more computing power to advance internal AI research projects.

  • Companies must invest more in employee satisfaction and retention strategies to compete for top talent and foster employee loyalty.

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META

šŸ«Metaā€™s Deepfake Playbook: More Labels, Less Takedowns

Image Source: Anthony Quintano/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta announced new rules for AI-generated content and manipulated media following criticism from its Oversight Board.

Key Details:
  • Next month, Meta will label manipulated content such as deepfakes (i.e., fake photos or videos created using digital software) with a ā€œMade With AIā€ badge.

  • Additional contextual information may be shown under manipulated content that poses a high risk of deceiving the public on essential issues like political campaigns.

  • Meta will apply labels if the content has ā€œAI standard industry indicatorsā€ or if the ā€œuploader discloses the post is AI-generated content.ā€

Why Itā€™s Important:
  • Metaā€™s policy change signals the social networking giantā€™s approach of ā€œproviding transparency and additional contextā€ rather than removing manipulated media to prevent free speech risks.

  • Meta is attempting to combat misinformation and promote transparency while balancing censorship and free speech.

AI RESEARCH

šŸŽAppleā€™s Personal Home Robots?!

Apple is exploring the development of personal home robots after the companyā€™s Electric Vehicle (EV) project fizzled out earlier this year.

In February, Apple canceled a decade-long effort to build an EV called ā€œSpecial Projects Groupā€ to expand into new product markets.

Now, Apple engineers are designing a mobile robot that follows users around the house and a tabletop device that leverages robotics to adjust display screens like TVs.

Apple is currently recruiting for robotics-related roles, seeking Machine Learning (ML) researchers and engineers.

Appleā€™s Recent Job Postings:
  • Senior iOS Engineer

  • Senior Robotics Research Engineer

  • Robotics Research Engineer for Memory, Learning, and Recognition (MLR)

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šŸ’°VENTURE CAPITAL UPDATES

  • Read AI raises $21M to bring connected intelligence to meetings, emails, and messaging.

  • Nucleai secures $14M to enhance clinical trial enrollment with spatial AI biomarkers.

  • Higgsfield AI raises $8M to unlock personalized AI video creation.

šŸ’¼WHOā€™S HIRING?

  • Openmesh (New York City, NY): API Development Intern, API Design and Integration, Summer 2024

  • Genies (Los Angeles, CA): 3D Machine Learning Engineer Intern, Summer 2024

  • Elastic (Remote): SkillBridge Intern, Consulting Architect, Search, Winter 2024

  • Neuralink (Fremont, CA): Surgery Operations Engineer Intern, Fall 2024

  • Neuralink (Fremont, CA): Software Engineer, New Grad

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