Anthropic CEO rejects Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘million-dollar salary race’

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei avoids a million-dollar salary race for AI talent. He worries researchers join for money instead of the company's mission. Meta and OpenAI are intensely competing for top AI researchers. High salaries and equity are not the only factors driving researcher movement. Companies face challenges retaining talent due to frequent departures and ambition.