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Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images   Zuckerberg poaches more key talent from OpenAI. Meta has hired four leading AI researchers away from OpenAI, The Information reported, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone full recruiting beast mode to lure top AI talent from rivals with astronomical pay packages. At an all-hands meeting on Thursday, Meta execs denied they were dangling $100 million bonuses to OpenAI employees, as Sam Altman had claimed to much fanfare. Instead, they said Altman was getting frustrated with Meta because, “We are succeeding at getting talent from OpenAI.” Even before the latest coup, Meta reportedly snagged three OpenAI researchers last week and has brought on two other power brokers in the industry, Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman. President Trump says he’s found a buyer for TikTok. Trump told Fox News on Sunday that he’s found a “group of very wealthy people” who want to buy the video-sharing app’s US operations. Congress passed a law last year forcing TikTok’s sale, citing security concerns about the app’s China-based parent company, ByteDance. Congress set a January deadline, but that date has been repeatedly postponed by Trump and is now penciled in for September 17. The Chinese government would need to approve the deal, and though it previously pledged to block a sale, Trump says he’s confident Beijing will come around. A new Google app uses AI to let you virtually try on clothes. The experimental app, called Doppl, allows you to upload a photo of yourself along with pictures of any outfits you want to take for a test drive. The app will then show you an image of your AI doppelgänger wearing the clothes, with the option to generate a short video of you styling it. There are a few kinks to work out: According to The Verge, if you upload a mirror selfie, the app has a tendency to make your digital lookalike much thinner. It may also generate new AI feet for your body. Either way, one thing is clear: Movie makeover montages may never be the same again. READ MORE...