Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media giant to start his own venture, as the company undergoes a significant overhaul of its AI operations led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The Financial Times reports that Meta’s chief artificial intelligence scientist, Yann LeCun, is set to depart the company in the coming months to launch his own start-up. LeCun, a Turing Award winner and one of the pioneers of modern AI, has informed associates of his plans, according to people familiar with the conversations. The impending move comes as Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, seeks to radically reshape the company’s AI strategy to compete with rivals such as OpenAI and Google in developing more advanced AI technologies.

LeCun, who has headed Meta’s Fundamental AI Research L

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