Meta Platforms(US:META) Z Potentials·2025-11-20 04:12Core Insights - Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist, will leave the company to establish his own AI startup focused on world models, a field he has extensively researched [2][3] - Meta plans to collaborate with LeCun's startup, aiming to leverage its innovative outcomes [3][4] - LeCun's departure is significant for Meta, as he is regarded as a foundational figure in modern AI, having co-founded the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and received the Turing Award [5] Group 1: Company Developments - Meta's current AI focus has shifted towards large language models (LLMs), including the Llama series, following a series of setbacks earlier this year, such as the delayed release of the Llama 4 model [4][5] - The company has invested billions in recruiting talent and establishing the Meta Superintelligence Lab (MSL), led by notable figures from Scale AI and GitHub [4] Group 2: Research Focus - LeCun's new startup aims to advance research in advanced machine intelligence (AMI), which he believes will have profound impacts across various economic sectors, some of which overlap with Meta's interests [5] - The startup will pursue the development of systems capable of understanding the physical world, possessing persistent memory, reasoning, and planning complex behavior sequences [3][5]