OpenAI is made of of several former Google employees.
OpenAI is made up of of several former Google employees. Google's CEO Sundar Pichai is pictured on the left, while Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, is on the right.
  • OpenAI's staff includes dozens of ex-Google and Meta employees, according to new data.
  • Last year, the company hired several Google staff to do "instrumental" work on ChatGPT.
  • Google is set to go head-to-head against OpenAI and Microsoft in the AI race.

OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has snatched up dozens of former Google and Meta employees in its efforts to create an AI chatbot.