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Meta Names Shengjia Zhao Chief Scientist of Superintelligence Labs

This move cements the lab’s leadership after a major hiring blitz, signaling Meta’s push toward AGI.

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

  • Mark Zuckerberg announced Zhao’s elevation to chief scientist, formalizing his role at the helm of Meta Superintelligence Labs’ research.
  • Zhao, who co-founded the unit, will set its research agenda with CEO Mark Zuckerberg alongside Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang.
  • He co-created ChatGPT, led development of OpenAI’s GPT-4 and mini models 4.1 and o3, and previously headed synthetic data at OpenAI.
  • Meta has recruited top talent from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic, along with researchers from its FAIR and GenAI teams, as part of a multibillion-dollar strategy.
  • The lab is preparing its one-gigawatt Prometheus compute cluster in Ohio for 2026 to power next-generation model training.