According to a report from the Financial Times, Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave the company to start his own venture, focusing on advanced AI systems called “world models” that aim for human-level intelligence. LeCun, a Turing Award winner and head of Meta’s Fundamental AI Research Lab (FAIR) since 2013, has increasingly been at odds with Mark Zuckerberg’s push to rapidly roll out large language models (LLMs) and AI products. Zuckerberg has reorganized Meta’s AI strategy, bringing in younger AI leaders like Alexandr Wang and offering huge pay packages to attract talent from competitors. This shift followed disappointing results from Meta’s Llama 4 model and AI chatbot. Meanwhile, Meta faces pressure from investors as AI spending could top $100bn next year, which has already impacted its stock value. LeCun’s departure follows other exits and internal changes at Meta, including layoffs in the AI research unit, highlighting tensions between long-term AI research and short-term product goals. Follow us (👉@artificialintelligenceee) for everything latest from the AI world.