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Meta Names ChatGPT Co-Creator Shengjia Zhao Chief Scientist of Superintelligence Lab

Zhao will now set the scientific agenda for Meta’s open-source artificial general intelligence effort.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo
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Overview

  • Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4, has been formally appointed chief scientist after co-founding and leading the Superintelligence Lab since June.
  • In his new role, Zhao will collaborate directly with CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang to chart the lab’s research priorities.
  • Meta Superintelligence Labs operates as a standalone unit focused on developing full AGI, distinct from Yann LeCun’s FAIR division.
  • The company has lured top talent from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Apple and Anthropic with multiyear, nine-figure compensation packages.
  • Meta is backing its AGI ambitions with “hundreds of billions of dollars” in compute, including the upcoming Prometheus and Hyperion superclusters.