Meta’s A.I. Research Head Joelle Pineau Steps Down

As Meta prepares to invest tens of billions of dollars in the race to develop artificial intelligence, the company is losing one of its most influential researchers. Joelle Pineau, head of A.I. research at Meta, announced yesterday (April 1) that she will leave the company next month “to create space for others to pursue the work,” she wrote in a LinkedIn post. Her final day will be May 30. Afterward, Pineau said she plans to take “some time to observe and to reflect, before jumping into a new...