Meta’s chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun is planning to leave the social media giant to found his own start-up, as Mark Zuckerberg seeks to radically overhaul the company’s AI operations. LeCun, a Turing Award winner who is considered one of the pioneers of modern AI, has told associates he will leave the Silicon Valley group in the coming months, according to people familiar with the conversations. The French-US scientist is also in early talks to raise funds for a new venture, one of the people said. LeCun declined to comment. Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The impending departure comes as Meta’s founder shakes up its AI strategy in order to challenge rivals such as OpenAI and Google in developing more powerful forms of AI.

Full report : Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave Meta in the coming months to found his own startup; a source says he is in early talks to raise funds.