Meta is offering multi-million pay packages to AI researchers. But no one is really getting an $100 million "signing bonus."

A former OpenAI researcher who left the ChatGPT maker for Meta said he didn't receive a $100 million signing bonus when he joined the social media giant. Lucas Beyer joined OpenAI in November and helped set up its Zurich office with two of his colleagues,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told his brother that Mark Zuckerberg was offering compensation packages worth more than $100 million to lure OpenAI staff to Meta. Altman said he was happy that none of the best minds at OpenAI had gone for the golden ticket so far.