Why Yann LeCun left Meta, and what it means for AI’s next frontier

When one of the founders of modern AI walks away from one of the world’s most powerful tech companies to start something new, the industry should pay attention.

Yann LeCun’s departure from Meta after more than a decade shaping its AI research is not just another leadership change. It highlights a deep intellectual rift about the future of artificial intelligence: whether we should continue scaling large language models (LLMs) or pursue systems that understand the world, not merely echo it.