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Meta's Llama AI team has been bleeding talent. Many top researchers have joined French AI startup Mistral.
Out of the 14 creators of Meta's AI model Llama, 11 have left the company. French AI startup Mistral has five of them.
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Meta’s VP of AI, Joelle Pineau announces departure amidst company’s AI push
Meta’s Head of Artificial Intelligence Research, Joelle Pineau, announced on Tuesday that she will be leaving the company. Pineau’s announcement comes just weeks before Meta’s LlamaCon AI ...
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Meta struggles to retain top AI talent amid growing competition
Meta is facing a significant exodus of employees associated with the company’s AI teams. Many key researchers behind the ...
Meta's Llama AI Team Suffers Talent Exodus As Top Researchers Join $2B Mistral AI, Backed By Andreessen Horowitz And Salesforce
Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup founded by former Meta META +0.26% Get Free Report researchers Guillaume Lample and ...
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High turnover hits Meta’s Llama as 78% of the original research team exits
Meta’s pioneering Llama initiative, once heralded as a cornerstone of its AI roadmap, is grappling with a significant exodus ...
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Why Meta's AI team is falling apart
Meta's Llama AI team is experiencing a significant talent drain, with many top researchers defecting to French startup ...
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Meta splits its AI division into two to bolster development
Meta has quietly restructured its AI division, carving it into two specialized teams in a bid to accelerate product delivery.
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Meta appoints former Google DeepMind director Robert Fergus as head of AI Research lab
Meta has appointed Robert Fergus, formerly a research director at Google DeepMind, to lead its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab. Fergus, who co-founded FAIR in 2014, succeeds Joelle Pineau.