Software engineers and AI experts might want to jot this down: Mark Zuckerberg is offering sign-on bonuses as high as $100 million to join Meta's new "superintelligence" AI lab. There's only one caveat to snagging this life-altering offer — you need to be employed at OpenAI to get the invite.

While Meta had sought to hire "a lot of people" from OpenAI, "so far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Sam Altman said.

Big Tech is shelling out jaw-dropping compensation amid a fierce AI talent war. Meta is even offering $100m signing bonuses to woo top OpenAI researchers, according to CEO Sam Altman. But as top AI companies scramble to retain staff with massive bonuses and noncompete deals,