The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the best US stocks to buy according to Billionaires. On July 14, the US Department of Defense/DoD announced that it has awarded contracts worth ~$200 million each to 4 leading AI firms: OpenAI,

The past month has been especially bruising for OpenAI. Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has raided the company for some of its top AI talent, luring away roughly a dozen elite researchers with promises of big money, greater autonomy, and a shared mission to build Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Originally set to launch next week, OpenAI's open-weight model is on pause indefinitely.

The DoD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of AI solutions.

OpenAI, Alphabet's Google , Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts of up to $200 million each, aimed at scaling up adoption of advanced AI capabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense,

As Elon Musk contemplates the relationship between several of his companies, he said on social media that Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to invest in xAI.