Yann LeCun, Meta's former chief AI scientist, criticized new AI chief Alexandr Wang as "inexperienced" and confirmed the company's AI team "fudged" benchmark results for its Llama 4 model by using different versions for different tests, according to a Financial Times interview.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost confidence in Meta's AI team after the Llama 4 controversy and "sidelined the entire GenAI organisation," prompting a $14 billion investment in Scale AI that brought the 28-year-old Wang aboard to lead Meta's Super Intelligence Lab.
LeCun, who departed to launch his own AI startup called Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs, called large language models "a dead end when it comes to superintelligence" and predicted more employee departures from Meta's AI division.
Source: Business Insider
