US EditionAI ‘godfather’ LeCun slights Meta’s superintelligence chief Wang
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Meta’s AI Civil War, Godfather Slams Alexander Wang Pick
Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has publicly questioned the appointment of Alexander Wang as the company’s new AI boss, raising concerns about potential talent retention issues for Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant. Yann LeCun, widely recognized as one of the “Godfathers of AI” and Meta’s former chief AI scientist, criticized the decision to name 29‑year‑old billionaire Alexander Wang as Meta’s chief AI officer, according to a repor…
AI ‘godfather’ LeCun slights Meta’s superintelligence chief Wang
Yann LeCun lashed out this week at Meta, his former employer, calling the company’s new superintelligence leader, Alexandr Wang, “inexperienced.” At the heart of the outburst — a rare occurrence at the upper echelons of the world’s most valuable companies — is a disagreement about the future of AI.LeCun, who’s considered one of the godfathers of AI for his breakthroughs in academia, doesn’t believe that scaling large language models will lead to…
Yann LeCun Leaves Meta to Launch AMI Labs, Critiques LLM Hype
Yann LeCun’s Bold Pivot: Charting AI’s Future Beyond Language Models In the ever-evolving realm of artificial intelligence, few figures cast as long a shadow as Yann LeCun. The Turing Award-winning computer scientist, often dubbed one of the “godfathers” of AI, has spent decades pushing the boundaries of machine learning. Recently, his departure from Meta and the launch of his new venture have sparked intense discussion among researchers and exe…
Former Chief AI Scientist calls Meta's Alexandr Wang "young and inexperienced" — "You certainly don't tell a researcher like me what to do."
Yann LeCun recently revealed details leading up to his abrupt exit from Meta, citing manipulated Llama 4 model benchmark test results, a strained relationship with Mark Zuckerberg, and more.
In the space of a few weeks, however, two very different announcements told the same story: Meta changes the cycle. On the one hand, Yann LeCun, the world figure of artificial intelligence and long scientific showcase of the group, confirmed that he would leave Meta after twelve years, explaining that he would want to create his own structure to pursue a research program on AI capable of "understanding the physical world", with persistent memory…
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