Source: AI researcher Luke Metz, who returned to OpenAI from TML earlier this year, joins Meta's Superintelligence Labs and will report to Alexandr Wang (Ina Fried/Axios)

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Meta hired prominent AI researcher Luke Metz from OpenAI for its Superintelligence Labs, strengthening its frontier AI talent push.

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<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/24/meta-hires-openai-luke-metz"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260824/i1.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260824/p1#a260824p1" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ina Fried / <a href="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/24/meta-hires-openai-luke-metz">Source: AI researcher Luke Metz, who returned to OpenAI from TML earlier this year, joins Meta's Superintelligence Labs and will report to Alexandr Wang</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Prominent AI researcher Luke Metz has joined Meta's Superintelligence Labs, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Axios.</p>