June 25 (Reuters) - Meta Chief Executive Mark

Zuckerberg has hired three OpenAI researchers to join his

superintelligence efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported on

Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The company hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and

Xiaohua Zhai, who were all working in OpenAI's Zurich office,

the report said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.