Prominent AI researcher Luke Metz has joined Meta's Superintelligence Labs, departing from rival OpenAI. This move underscores the escalating competition for top talent among leading artificial intelligence companies. Metz, who previously worked on the team that developed what became ChatGPT, had co-founded Thinking Machines Lab before returning to OpenAI earlier in 2026.
At Meta, Metz will be part of the lab focused on building artificial general intelligence and will report to Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. His hiring is one of several recent high-profile additions to Meta's AI teams, signaling the company's aggressive push to bolster its research and development capabilities in the critical field of AI superintelligence.