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Meta Reduces Superintelligence Lab Staff by 600 in Efficiency-Driven Restructuring
Meta is cutting approximately 600 jobs from its superintelligence lab as part of an ongoing reorganization effort aimed at streamlining decision-making processes. The company's chief AI officer stated that reducing team...
Cohere Appoints Former Meta AI Research Head Joelle Pineau as Chief AI Officer to Compete with OpenAI
Canadian AI startup Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta's former VP of AI research who helped develop Llama models, as its new Chief AI Officer to revamp its AI strategy. The hire comes as Cohere seeks $500 million in f...
Meta Hires Ex-Google DeepMind Director Robert Fergus to Lead FAIR Lab
Meta has appointed Robert Fergus, a former Google DeepMind research director, to lead its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab. The move comes amid challenges for FAIR, which has reportedly experienced significant research...
Key ChatGPT Architect John Schulman Departs Anthropic After Brief Five-Month Tenure
John Schulman, an OpenAI co-founder and significant contributor to ChatGPT, has left AI safety-focused company Anthropic after only five months. Schulman had joined Anthropic from OpenAI in August 2023, citing a desire t...