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NDTV
21 hours ago
- Business
- NDTV
From OpenAI To Meta: All You Need To Know About Chief Scientist Shengjia Zhao
Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, has been appointed chief scientist of Meta 's newly launched Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last Friday. Mr Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT and GPT-4, will work directly with Mr Zuckerberg and Meta's Chief AI Officer, Alexandr Wang, to steer the lab's scientific direction. He is also a co-founder of the lab, which aims to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) and improve Meta's Llama models. Mark Zuckerberg said Meta was committed to building "full general intelligence" and releasing its research as open source. Who Is Shengjia Zhao? Shengjia Zhao earned his Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University in 2016, as per his LinkedIn profile. He completed a semester exchange in Computer Science at Rice University and then pursued a PhD in Computer Science at Stanford University. Following his PhD, Mr Zhao joined OpenAI in June 2022 as a Member of Technical Staff, where he worked for over three years until July this year. During this time, he co-created ChatGPT, GPT-4, and several OpenAI mini models, including GPT-4.1 and o3. He has now been appointed as the Chief Scientist of Meta's Superintelligence Lab. Mr Zhao has received several prestigious awards. In 2015, he was awarded the Google Excellence Scholarship. Four years later, he received the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QinF) for his contributions to research in AI while at Stanford. The same year, Mr Zhao was named a JP Morgan PhD Fellow. In October 2022, he was honoured with the ICLR 2022 Outstanding Paper Award, one of the top recognitions in the machine learning research community. Mr Zhao currently lives in San Francisco, California. He is fluent in English and Mandarin. Meta's Superintelligence Lab The Meta Superintelligence Lab (MSL) was launched by Meta to drive progress on its Llama models and pursue its broader goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI). According to Mark Zuckerberg, Shengjia Zhao is a co-founder of the lab. While Meta's original AI research is led by Yann LeCun under the FAIR division, MSL operates independently. Meta has poured billions into hiring top talent from rivals, including Google, OpenAI, Apple, and Anthropic. The company also acquired Scale AI for $14 billion, bringing its CEO, Alexandr Wang, on board as Meta's Chief AI Officer. Mr Zuckerberg has committed to investing hundreds of billions more in building vast AI data centres across the US.
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First Post
a day ago
- Business
- First Post
ChatGPT co-creator appointed head of Meta AI Superintelligence Lab
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI's ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. The move came months after Meta went on to poach AI talent from competitors read more Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI's ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. X / @alexandr_wang Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI's ChatGPT, as the new chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. It is pertinent to note that Zhao was one of several strategic hires in Zuckerberg's multi-billion-dollar hiring spree. In the announcement, Zuckerberg said that Zhao's name as the co-founder of Meta Superintelligence Labs and its lead scientist was locked in 'from day one'. 'Now that our recruiting is going well and our team is coming together, we have decided to formalise his leadership role,' he added. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The ChatGPT co-creator would directly report to Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI, who is now Meta's chief AI officer. 'Shengjia has already pioneered several breakthroughs, including a new scaling paradigm,m and distinguished himself as a leader in the field,' the Meta CEO said in a social media post. 'I'm looking forward to working closely with him to advance his scientific vision. The next few years are going to be very exciting!' he concluded. The man behind ChatGPT Apart from creating the renowned AI chatbot, Zhao has played an instrumental role in developing GPT-4, mini models, 4.1, and o3, CNBC reported. In the past, he has also led synthetic data efforts at an AI research company. In a separate post, Wang also celebrated Zhao's inclusion in the team. 'We are excited to announce that @shengjia_zhao will be the Chief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs! Shengjia is a brilliant scientist who most recently pioneered a new scaling paradigm in his research. He will lead our scientific direction for our team," he wrote in a post. We are excited to announce that @shengjia_zhao will be the Chief Scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs! Shengjia is a brilliant scientist who most recently pioneered a new scaling paradigm in his research. He will lead our scientific direction for our team. Let's go 🚀 — Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) July 25, 2025 The announcement came just months after reports emerged that Meta has spent billions of dollars hiring AI talents from Google, OpenAI, Apple and Anthropic. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Apart from this, the tech giant also acquired ScaleAI for a whopping $14 billion and made its CEO Meta's chief AI officer. Zuckerberg made it clear that his company would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building huge AI data centres in the US. Hence, it will be interesting to see how Meta performs in an already competitive market.
Deccan Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Deccan Herald
Meta appoints ChatGPT co-creator as Superintelligence Lab chief
Meta Platforms has appointed Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, as the company accelerates its push into advanced AI. "In this role, Shengjia will set the research agenda and scientific direction for our new lab working directly with me and Alex," Zuckerberg wrote in a Threads post, referring to Meta's Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who Zuckerberg hired from startup Scale AI when Meta took a big stake in it. Zhao, a former research scientist at OpenAI, co-created ChatGPT, GPT-4 and several of OpenAI's mini models, including 4.1 and o3. He is among several researchers who have moved from OpenAI to Meta in recent weeks, part of a broader talent arms race as Zuckerberg aggressively hires from rivals to close the gap in advanced AI. Meta has been offering some of Silicon Valley's most lucrative pay packages and striking startup deals to attract top researchers, a strategy that follows the underwhelming performance of its Llama 4 model. Meta launched the Superintelligence Lab recently to consolidate work on its Llama models and long-term artificial general intelligence ambitions. Zhao is a co-founder of the lab, according to the Threads post, which operates separately from FAIR, Meta's established AI research division led by deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun. Zuckerberg has said Meta aims to build 'full general intelligence' and release its work as open source — a strategy that has drawn both praise and concern within the AI community.
NDTV
2 days ago
- Business
- NDTV
ChatGPT Co-Creator Shengjia Zhao Joins Meta As Chief Scientist Of Superintelligence Lab
Meta Platforms has appointed Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, as the company accelerates its push into advanced AI. "In this role, Shengjia will set the research agenda and scientific direction for our new lab working directly with me and Alex," Zuckerberg wrote in a Threads post, referring to Meta's Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who Zuckerberg hired from startup Scale AI when Meta took a big stake in it. Zhao, a former research scientist at OpenAI, co-created ChatGPT, GPT-4 and several of OpenAI's mini models, including 4.1 and o3. He is among several researchers who have moved from OpenAI to Meta in recent weeks, part of a broader talent arms race as Zuckerberg aggressively hires from rivals to close the gap in advanced AI. Meta has been offering some of Silicon Valley's most lucrative pay packages and striking startup deals to attract top researchers, a strategy that follows the underwhelming performance of its Llama 4 model. Meta launched the Superintelligence Lab recently to consolidate work on its Llama models and long‑term artificial general intelligence ambitions. Zhao is a co-founder of the lab, according to the Threads post, which operates separately from FAIR, Meta's established AI research division led by deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun. Zuckerberg has said Meta aims to build "full general intelligence" and release its work as open source - a strategy that has drawn both praise and concern within the AI community.
Business Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Times
Meta names ChatGPT co-creator as chief scientist of Superintelligence Lab
[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). 'In this role, Shengjia will set the research agenda and scientific direction for our new lab, working directly with me and Alex,' Zuckerberg wrote in a Threads post, referring to Meta's chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, who Zuckerberg hired from startup Scale AI when Meta took a big stake in it. Zhao, a former research scientist at OpenAI, co-created ChatGPT, GPT-4 and several of OpenAI's mini models, including 4.1 and o3. He is among several researchers who have moved from OpenAI to Meta in recent weeks, part of a broader talent arms race as Zuckerberg aggressively hires from rivals to close the gap in advanced AI. Meta has been offering some of Silicon Valley's most lucrative pay packages and striking startup deals to attract top researchers, a strategy that follows the underwhelming performance of its Llama 4 model. Meta launched the Superintelligence Lab recently to consolidate work on its Llama models and long-term artificial general intelligence ambitions. Zhao is a co-founder of the lab, according to the Threads post, which operates separately from Fair, Meta's established AI research division led by deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun. Zuckerberg has said Meta aims to build 'full general intelligence' and release its work as open source, a strategy that has drawn both praise and concern within the AI community. REUTERS
