⚠️ Yann LeCun quits Meta to build “world model” AI
Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving after 11 years to start a company developing AI that learns from videos and spatial data, not text.
• LeCun has long rejected the LLM scaling race, calling it a dead end for real reasoning.
• His exit follows Llama 4 underperformance, 600 AI layoffs, and Meta’s shift to rapid product rollouts.
• Meta stock fell 12.6%, erasing $240B, as investors questioned its $100B annual AI spend against OpenAI and Google.
A clear break between bigger models and smarter intelligence.
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Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving after 11 years to start a company developing AI that learns from videos and spatial data, not text.
• LeCun has long rejected the LLM scaling race, calling it a dead end for real reasoning.
• His exit follows Llama 4 underperformance, 600 AI layoffs, and Meta’s shift to rapid product rollouts.
• Meta stock fell 12.6%, erasing $240B, as investors questioned its $100B annual AI spend against OpenAI and Google.
A clear break between bigger models and smarter intelligence.
AI Post 🪙 | Our X 🥇
