Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave Meta to build his own startup
11 days ago
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- Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, is reportedly planning to leave the company to start his own AI-focused startup.
- LeCun's startup will focus on 'world models,' AI systems that simulate environments to predict outcomes, a field also pursued by Google DeepMind and others.
- Meta is undergoing significant changes in its AI strategy, including hiring over 50 engineers from competitors and investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI.
- Internal restructuring at Meta has led to chaos within its AI unit, with new hires frustrated by bureaucracy and existing teams seeing their scope limited.
- LeCun has expressed skepticism about the current hype around AI, particularly LLMs, questioning their readiness to solve complex human problems.