Meta has been aggressively pursuing AI talent from top labs, mostly OpenAI, in an effort to get a leg up on its competition. The details of the developing story are so dramatic and foreign to the rest of the world that it's become stranger-than-fiction fodder for the internet watching it unfold in real time.

Meta boosts AI with key hires from OpenAI, including top Chinese talent, escalating the fierce global arms race for AI supremacy