Yann Lecun Reportedly Leaving Meta to Launch New AI Startup
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Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta to launch a new AI startup, sparking discussion about Meta's priorities in AI research and the implications for the field.
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All the veteran researchers still left have to be reading the room by now.
Clearly, Meta is signalling that they care less for foundational research and more for habit-forming products like Chatgpt/Sora that can give them another 10-15 years of runway like Instagram did.