Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI’s o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta’s superintelligence lab. His colleague Hyung Won Chung is also joining Meta, a source tells WIRED.

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will reportedly join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, might also join Meta, as the company works to catch up to rivals in the AGI race.

Meta has hired 2 more high profile AI researchers Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung, from OpenAI. Both joind OpenAI in 2023 and are said to have collaborated on many of the big OpenAI projects before moving to Meta,

The ChatGPT maker was about to release its first major open-weight model, but a last-minute discovery has put the project on ice, fueling speculation about what went wrong.

OpenAI released Agent Mode on Thursday, a welcome distraction from what has otherwise been a rough summer for the AI startup.

Scale AI is cutting 14 percent of its workforce, and will also end work with 500 global contractors, Bloomberg reported. This comes after Scale AI received $14.3 billion of investment from Meta and simultaneously lost its CEO Alexandr Wang to Meta's superintelligence group as part of the deal.

The researchers argue that CoT monitoring can help researchers detect when models begin to exploit flaws in their training, manipulate data, or fall victim to malicious user manipulation. Any issues that are found can then either be “blocked, or replaced with safer actions, or reviewed in more depth.”

The AI company's new product can order a wedding dress and complete other complex tasks. CEO Sam Altman called it "a new level of capability for AI systems."

Monitoring AI's train of thought is critical for improving AI safety and catching deception. But we're at risk of losing this ability.

Meta is making massive AI investments, aiming to become a leading AI powerhouse and compete with OpenAI and other peers. Read more on META stock here.