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FAIR’s co-founder, Robert Fergus, who returned recently from Alphabet’s DeepMind, will lead the division

  • Meta appoints Robert Fergus, who recently joined the division from Alphabet’s DeepMind, to lead FAIR.

  • Fergus cofounded FAIR in 2014 and left Meta in 2020.

    “Meta’s commitment to FAIR and long term research remains unwavering. We’re working towards building human-level experiences that transform the way we interact with technology and are dedicated to leading and advancing AI research,” announced in a LinkedIn post.

  • FAIR works on long-term projects that may not be tied to a consumer product and was responsible for building the original Llama.

  • FAIR was until recently led by Joelle Pineau.

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