Meta’s VP of AI analysis, Joelle Pineau, is planning to go away the corporate, she introduced in a post on Facebook Tuesday. Pineau mentioned she’s leaving in Could after greater than two years overseeing FAIR, Meta’s inside AI analysis lab led by Yann LeCun.
Pineau’s exit comes as Meta ramps up its AI efforts, with the corporate planning to spend $65 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025.
In an announcement to Bloomberg News, a Meta spokesperson mentioned the corporate doesn’t have a right away alternative for Pineau however is conducting a seek for her successor. Final yr, Meta reportedly reorganized the company to have its AI analysis unit report back to the corporate’s chief product officer, Chris Cox.
As for Pineau, the chief mentioned she’ll take a while off earlier than leaping into an unnamed “new journey.”