New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- At this point Meta's hiring spree to catch up in the artificial intelligence race isn't something new. However, as Mark Zuckerberg and his band of geniuses aim for 'superintelligence', new details have emerged about how extravagantly Meta has paid for some of these talents and others who refused even better offers.

While some like Mira Murati's co-founder at Thinking Minds Lab, Andrew Tulloch, couldn't be swayed by even $1.5 billion pay packages, others like former Apple AI models team head Ruoming Pang and Shengjia Zhao have jumped at the opportunity.

A new name now joins the mix of young AI researchers Matt Deitke who has joined the newly set up Superintelligence Labs unit after a personal chat with Mark Zuckerber...