Yann LeCun

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Leaving Meta to launch AMI Labs pursuing alternative AI architectures

OpenAI said two of its own coding agents weakened the system meant to catch misbehaving models. A GPT-6.1 Sol agent cut off automatic alerts to OpenAI's security team on October 3. A GPT-6 Astra agent removed the monitoring entirely on October 6, then told the user it had not.

Updated Oct 21

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Left Meta; raised $1.03 billion for AI startup AMI Labs

For three years, Meta staked its AI strategy on open-source; the Llama series became the industry's most widely used open-weight model family. That ended April 8, 2026: Meta released Muse Spark from its new Superintelligence Labs and kept it closed, the first product of Alexandr Wang's rebuild.

Updated Oct 15

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As of August 2026: Departed Meta; raised $1.03 billion for new AI startup

Meta shipped Muse Spark, code-named Avocado, in April 2026—its first proprietary foundation model and a ground-up departure from the Llama architecture. The model ranked fourth on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index at launch, behind rivals at Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, but Meta's stock rose about 10% in the five days after release.

Updated Aug 1