🇺🇸 OPENAI PULLS A ZUCKERBERG MOVE, DROPPING MULTIMILLION BONUSES ON TOP TALENT One day before GPT-5’s launch, Sam Altman told select OpenAI staff they’d get “special one time awards,” massive bonuses for researchers and engineers in key teams. Top researchers could see mid–single-digit millions, engineers hundreds of thousands, paid quarterly over two years in cash or stock. About a third of employees qualify. Altman says it’s about retaining talent as Meta, xAI, and others poach aggressively. Some insiders warn it could breed jealousy since many were left out despite working on GPT-5. Source: The Verge, Medium