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Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist and a prominent figure in artificial intelligence, is reportedly planning to leave the company to establish his own AI-focused startup. This move marks a significant departure as Meta’s AI division, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, struggles to keep pace with competitors like OpenAI and Google. LeCun, a professor at New York University and a recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, has been a pivotal figure at Meta since joining in 2013 to head the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) unit. His decision to leave comes amid Meta’s strategic revamp of its AI organization, which includes the creation of a new division, Meta Superintelligence Labs. LeCun’s new venture is expected to continue his work on world models, AI systems that can simulate cause-and-effect scenarios to predict outcomes.