New York: Meta's chief artificial intelligence researcher Yann LeCun on Wednesday confirmed he is departing the tech giant to focus on a startup seeking a breakthrough in machine intelligence.

"As many of you have heard through rumors or recent media articles, I am planning to leave Meta after 12 years," LeCun said in a post on his Facebook page.

"I am creating a startup company to continue the Advanced Machine Intelligence research program (AMI) I have been pursuing over the last several years with colleagues."

The 65-year-old French engineer said the startup aims to deliver “the next big revolution in AI” by developing systems that can interpret the physical world, reason, and plan actions. He also mentioned that he will be “sticking around Meta until the end of the year”.

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