Top AI Researchers - World Foundational Models and Thousand Brain Project
Sir Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and
Meta did not hire an engineer for $250 million, but rather an AI researcher named Matt Deitke was hired for a four-year compensation package worth an estimated $250 million. The massive deal was reported by The New York Times and other outlets in early August 2025.
Details of the agreement
Initial offer: Deitke, a 24-year-old AI prodigy, first rejected a $125 million offer from Meta.
Negotiation: After the initial rejection, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened to double the offer to $250 million.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k4VxCcYAAAAJ&hl=en
And World Foundational Models
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/world-models/
https://worldmodels.github.io/
Vs Thousand Brains Project
https://github.com/thousandbrainsproject
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