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Meta has officially appointed Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as the Chief Scientist of its new Superintelligence Labs. This move is part of Meta’s strategy to advance in the field of artificial intelligence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted Zhao’s role in shaping the lab’s research agenda and working closely with both him and Meta AI leader Alex Smola. Zhao, who previously worked at OpenAI, has been instrumental in the development of major AI projects, including GPT-4. Meta has been aggressively recruiting AI talent from competitors, with offers reportedly reaching $300 million over four years, leading to dissatisfaction from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. This new lab will be led by both Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, with Zhao at the helm as the chief scientist. Despite the new appointments, Yann LeCun remains Chief Scientist of Meta’s Fundamental AI Research group.