Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the company’s new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao contributed to several of OpenAI’s largest breakthroughs, including ChatGPT, GPT-4, and the company’s first AI reasoning model, o1.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday that Shengjia Zhao would be the chief scientist for its Superintelligence Labs.

NEW YORK] Meta Platforms has appointed Zhao Shengjia, co-creator of ChatGPT, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday (Jul 25), as the company accelerates its push into advanced artificial intelligence (AI).