AI engineers are getting athlete pay, anthropic setup clawed, allowing it to run a vending

machine in an experiment that tells us a lot about where AI is today and where it's going.

And So Hamparek has a job at so many companies, there's a chance he's working at yours as well.

That's coming up on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition right after this.

Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional

cool-headed and nuanced format. We have so much to speak with you about today, including

the news that Mark Zuckerberg may be offering contracts of up to 100 million or more to AI engineers

who want to come on board to his super intelligence team.

Of course, Facebook disputes that or meta disputes that.

We also have this incredible experiment to break down for you about how Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine. And then, of course,

we got to talk about SOAM. It's taken so many jobs, especially with Y-C companies, that who knows,

maybe he's working for yours as well. Joining us, as always, on Fridays to do this is Ron John Roy of

margins. Ron John, great to see you. Welcome back. Good to see you. I'm in a San Francisco hotel room right

now, but I regret to inform you. I'm not here to discuss my new $100 million pay package

from Zuck. I'm not on the list. I'm not on the list yet. We might be able to podcast our way

into it. Never say never. I'll take a cool 50, Mark. Just a cool 50. Okay. Now, we should start

there because we talked a few weeks back about the talent wars and what Mark Zuckerberg might be doing

and offering so much money to AI engineers considering coming into meta and becoming a part of his

super intelligence team.

And in the two weeks since that discussion has really heated up.

So we now have news from Wired.

It says, here's what Mark Zuckerberg is offering top AI talent.

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