Meta Platforms Head of AI Research to Resign Amid Computing Push
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By Connor Hart
Joelle Pineau, Meta Platforms' head of artificial intelligence research, said she would step down effective May 30, creating an executive vacancy as the company aggressively invests and competes in the booming sector.
"After nearly 8 years at Meta, time has come to say farewell," Pineau, who helms the company's Fundamental AI Research group, said Tuesday. "This has been the professional experience of a lifetime!"
Meta's FAIR group oversees AI research. Since its launch in 2013, the group has worked on technologies ranging from voice translation to image recognition, as well as Meta's open-source large-language model, called Llama.
Pineau, who additionally works as a professor at McGill University in Montreal, said she plans to take some time off after stepping down from her role at Meta, "before jumping into a new adventure."
"Today, as the world undergoes significant change, as the race for AI accelerates, and as Meta prepares for its next chapter, it is time to create space for others to pursue the work," she said.
Earlier this year, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the Menlo Park, Calif., company would increase capital spending by about 70% in 2025, to between $60 billion and $65 million. The majority of this spending is expected to support the company's AI ambitions, as it works to build out a data center in Louisiana that will bring one gigawatt of computing power online.
Meta is one of several tech giants that has projected tens of billions of dollars in increased investment this year.
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