OpenAI vs Anthropic vs DeepMind: talent movement data says Anthropic is the weird one
Summary
Analysis of public career-history movement data reveals that Anthropic attracts significantly more talent from OpenAI, DeepMind, Google, and Meta than the reverse, positioning it as a destination for frontier AI talent.
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