Top AI researcher Andrew Tulloch ditches Meta for Anthropic. Here's what he'll be working on. - Business Insider

Andrew Tulloch, a prominent AI researcher, is leaving Meta for Anthropic less than a year after joining the company, an Anthropic spokesperson told Business Insider. Tulloch will begin work next week on Anthropic's inference and performance team, according to the report. That team optimises how Anthropic's models are trained and how they respond to users.

Business Insider describes Tulloch as a prominent AI researcher and reports that he spent less than a year at Meta before leaving for the startup. The article says the move comes as Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Google continue what it describes as a pitched battle for AI researchers. Anthropic's spokesperson confirmed the hire to Business Insider and said Tulloch starts next week. The report does not state what prompted the departure, what compensation was involved, or whether Tulloch considered other employers.

The report frames the hire within continuing competition among Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Google for AI researchers. Business Insider characterises Tulloch as prominent in the field and notes that his time at Meta lasted less than a year, and that he begins at Anthropic next week. His new role sits on the inference and performance side of Anthropic's work, focused on how models are trained and how they respond to users, rather than on a stated alignment or safety remit. No further details about the team's headcount, projects or reporting lines are given in the report. The article does not include comment from Meta.