Meta’s top AI scientist Yann LeCun to depart as Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligence’

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Source: New York PostPublished: 11/11/2025, 12:32:16 EST
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Yann LeCun has told colleagues he will leave Meta in the coming months, according to a report.

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News Summary

Meta's head AI scientist, Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, is reportedly planning to leave the company in the coming months to launch his own startup. This marks the biggest exit yet in Mark Zuckerberg's push to develop

Background

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively pushing the company's development in artificial intelligence (AI), specifically aiming for

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What are the strategic implications of LeCun's departure amidst Zuckerberg's