Madison Mills (Axios)
6 Aug 2026ETN on NASDAQ | AISI Incident | | Apple Vs. OpenAI | Open Models Exempt
2:58:0115 min
Madison Mills: Inside the AI Talent Wars & Dario's Concern
Axios reporter Madison Mills details her viral scoop on the AI talent wars, which started with Lillian leaving Thinking Machines for OpenAI and a former senior Anthropic figure saying Dario worries people join for money rather than mission. She covers employees 'securing their bag' ahead of IPOs, health leave allegedly being used to extend share vesting, DeepMind staff at odds with Demis over military deals, researcher group chats across labs, and whether diminishing model returns could eventually cool the talent war.