Meta's Director of AI Research Resigns

Joelle Pineau, Meta's vice president of artificial intelligence (AI) research, announced that she will leave the company on May 30. She posted the information on LinkedIn on April 1.

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Pineau’s departure comes amid a number of challenges for Meta, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg making AI a top priority, pouring billions of dollars into the company to gain a lead over rivals like OpenAI and Google.

Mr. Zuckerberg aims to develop an AI assistant with more than 1 billion users and aims for artificial general intelligence (AGI) - a system capable of thinking and acting similar to humans.

“As the world changes dramatically, the AI race intensifies, and Meta is about to enter a new chapter,” Pineau wrote on LinkedIn. “It’s time to make room for others to continue this work. I will be watching from afar, confident that Meta is well-positioned to build the world’s best AI systems and responsibly bring them to the lives of billions of people.”

Ms. Pineau is one of Meta's leading AI researchers and has led the FAIR fundamental AI research unit since 2023. She oversees cutting-edge research in computer science , much of which has been applied to Meta's core products.

Pineau joined Meta in 2017 and previously headed the company’s AI lab in Montreal. She is also a professor of computer science at McGill University and co-director of the school’s machine learning and reasoning lab.

Pineau has contributed to the development of many important projects, including the Llama family of open-source AI models and PyTorch software for AI developers.

Pineau’s resignation announcement comes just weeks before Meta’s LlamaCon AI conference, which is taking place on April 29. Meta is expected to unveil the latest version of its Llama model at the event. Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox previously revealed that Llama 4 will play a key role in developing AI agents—the latest trend in generative AI. CNBC also reported that Meta plans to launch a standalone app for its Meta AI chatbot.

Ms. Pineau has not revealed her next plans, only saying that she will take time to observe and reflect before starting a new journey.

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