(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.

(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)