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Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

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Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, a Turing Award winner, plans to leave within months to start his own company focused on world models—AI systems that understand environments to predict outcomes. His departure comes as Meta restructures its AI organization amid competition from OpenAI and Google, investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hiring over 50 engineers from rivals, creating internal chaos and frustrating researchers.

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