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Meta AI Research Head Joelle Pineau Announces Departure

Pineau's exit comes as Meta invests $65 billion in AI and prepares for its inaugural LlamaCon conference later this month.

Pineau also announced that her last day will be May 30, after which she will be “taking some time to observe and to reflect, before jumping into a new adventure.”
The logo of Meta is seen at the entrance of the company's temporary stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Joelle Pineau attends the Inaugural White House Correspondents' TGAIFriday Lunch Hosted By The Washington AI Network on April 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haddad Media)

Overview

  • Joelle Pineau, Meta's Vice President of AI Research and head of the FAIR division, will leave the company on May 30, 2025.
  • Her departure coincides with Meta's significant investments in AI, including efforts to establish its Llama model as an open-source industry standard.
  • Meta is set to host its first LlamaCon conference on April 29, where updates to the Llama model and a standalone AI chatbot app are expected to be announced.
  • Pineau, a prominent advocate for open-source AI, has been instrumental in projects like the Llama models and PyTorch since joining Meta in 2017.
  • She plans to take time off for reflection before pursuing new opportunities and will continue her academic role as a computer science professor at McGill University.