Yann LeCun confirms Meta exit, to launch his own AI-startup
Yann LeCun, who joined Meta as founding director of FAIR (Facebook AI Research), confirmed he'll be exiting Meta after 12 years. He said, "The creation of FAIR is my proudest non-technical accomplishment." He added, "I'm creating a startup company to continue Advanced Machine Intelligence research programme I've been pursuing over last several years with colleagues at FAIR, NYU, and beyond."