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Meta AI hires AI safety expert Jianfeng Gao to lead Superintelligence Labs

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Meta AI has hired Dr. Yann LeCun's former colleague, Dr. Jianfeng Gao, to lead its Superintelligence Labs. Gao, previously a professor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Virtue AI, will focus on AI safety and security efforts at Meta. He believes AI agents capable of providing economic value represent the next frontier in AI development, citing a new benchmark, Agents' Last Exam, designed to test AI agents on economically valuable tasks. AI

IMPACT This move signals Meta's increased focus on AI safety and the development of economically valuable AI agents, potentially influencing future AI agent capabilities and applications.

RANK_REASON Hiring of a prominent AI researcher to lead a key division at a major tech company. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Meta AI hires AI safety expert Jianfeng Gao to lead Superintelligence Labs

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Vincent Chow,Xinmei Shen ·

    AI agents that provide ‘economic value’ are next frontier, says Meta AI research chief

    The next frontier of artificial intelligence will be agents that can perform “economically valuable” work across a broad range of real-world domains, according to Dawn Song, Meta Platforms’ new vice-president of AI research. “The goal is not to replace humans,” Song told the Sout…

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