Meta's Chief AI Scientist resigns, company accelerates AI strategy restructuring

Deep Tide TechFlow News, November 11th, according to the Financial Times of the UK, Meta’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media giant to start his own startup. This comes as Mark Zuckerberg is seeking a complete overhaul of the company’s AI operations. Sources familiar with the matter say that LeCun, a Turing Award winner and considered one of the pioneers of modern AI, has informed colleagues that he will leave the Silicon Valley group in the coming months. One source mentioned that the French-American scientist is still in early negotiations to raise funds for his new venture capital. LeCun’s departure marks the latest event in a series of resignations, leadership changes, and organizational restructuring at Meta during a turbulent year. In May, AI Research Vice President Joelle Pineau left and recently joined Canadian AI startup Cohere. Last month, the company also laid off about 600 employees from its AI research department to cut costs, eliminate bureaucracy, and accelerate product releases. (Jin10)