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4 hours ago
- The Hill
Meta settles with conservative activist over AI chatbot lawsuit
Meta Platforms settled a defamation lawsuit with Robby Starbuck, who claimed that Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) falsely accused him of participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. There is no publicly available information on the details of the settlement except that Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist working against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), will work with Meta to remove 'ideological and political bias' from the company's AI. 'Both parties have resolved this matter to our mutual satisfaction. Since engaging on these important issues with Robby, Meta has made tremendous strides to improve the accuracy of Meta AI and mitigate ideological and political bias,' a joint statement from Meta and Starbuck reads. 'Building on that work, Meta and Robby Starbuck will work collaboratively in the coming months to continue to find ways to address issues of ideological and political bias and minimize the risk that the model returns hallucinations in response to user queries,' he added. Meta did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment. Starbuck on Friday told CNBC's 'Squawk Box' that both himself and Meta saw that this problem could impact other users of the company's platforms. 'That was always the point of my lawsuit — is fix this for everybody so this doesn't become a massive, you know, really terrible story in the future where AI affects elections in ways that no one is comfortable with,' he said. Starbuck dodged a question from host Andrew Ross Sorkin about how much money was rewarded, stating that he is still figuring out the details of the collaboration with the tech giant. 'Delivering fairness for consumers is the outcome I've always wanted and I'm pleased to do the work to make that a reality,' Starbuck wrote on social media. 'As we move into a future where AI dominates many parts of our world, now you know that you have an unshakable voice at the table to advocate for ideological fairness.' Starbuck filed the suit against Meta on April 29 and originally demanded more than $5 million from the company. On April 30, Joel Kaplan, Meta's chief global affairs officer, apologized publicly over the matter. 'Robby – I watched your video – this is unacceptable. This is clearly not how our AI should operate. We're sorry for the results it shared about you and that the fix we put in place didn't address the underlying problem,' he posted on the social media platform X.
Business Insider
11 hours ago
- Business Insider
Sam Altman says the talent pool for AI superstars is probably bigger than people think
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI has created the most "intense talent market" he's ever seen. AI companies are now paying top AI researchers and engineers as much as superstar athletes. Altman, however, thinks the talent pool is likely bigger than the market realizes. Over the past several months, a talent war has been rippling through Silicon Valley as companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic vie for an elite group of the best and the brightest working on artificial intelligence. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it the "most intense talent market I have seen in my career," on CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday, a day after OpenAI released GPT-5, the latest iteration of its flagship model. Altman, however, says that fighting over a chosen few may not be necessary. "I bet it's much bigger than people think," he said, referring to the available talent pool. "Some companies in the space have decided that they're going to go after a few shiny names, but I think there's like many thousands of people that we could find, and probably tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the world who are capable of doing this kind of work." Meta, which recently brought on Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to co-lead its newly created Superintelligence Labs, made at least 10 offers of up to $300 million over four years to top OpenAI researchers. It also offered OpenAI employees huge signing bonuses to make the switch. Business Insider earlier reported that researchers at many of the top AI startups are earning in the mid-six-figures for their skills. More than any other field, AI bets on potential over proven track records, as companies race toward still-theoretical goals like artificial general intelligence and superintelligence. The real value of top AI talent, Altman said, lies in their capacity for breakthroughs. "The hope is they know how to discover the remaining ideas to get to superintelligence, that there are going to be a handful of algorithm ideas, and a medium-sized handful of people who can figure them out," he said.
Business Insider
11 hours ago
- Business Insider
Sam Altman says the talent pool for AI superstars is probably bigger than people think
There's a new slate of MVPs in the labor market. Over the past several months, a talent war has been rippling through Silicon Valley as companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic vie for an elite group of the best and the brightest working on artificial intelligence. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it the "most intense talent market I have seen in my career," on CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday, a day after OpenAI released GPT-5, the latest iteration of its flagship model. Altman, however, says that fighting over a chosen few may not be necessary. "I bet it's much bigger than people think," he said, referring to the available talent pool. "Some companies in the space have decided that they're going to go after a few shiny names, but I think there's like many thousands of people that we could find, and probably tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the world who are capable of doing this kind of work." Meta, which recently brought on Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to co-lead its newly created Superintelligence Labs, made at least 10 offers of up to $300 million over four years to top OpenAI researchers. It also offered OpenAI employees huge signing bonuses to make the switch. Business Insider earlier reported that researchers at many of the top AI startups are earning in the mid-six-figures for their skills. More than any other field, AI bets on potential over proven track records, as companies race toward still-theoretical goals like artificial general intelligence and superintelligence. The real value of top AI talent, Altman said, lies in their capacity for breakthroughs. "The hope is they know how to discover the remaining ideas to get to superintelligence, that there are going to be a handful of algorithm ideas, and a medium-sized handful of people who can figure them out," he said.
