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Meta Appoints ChatGPT Co-Creator as Chief Scientist

7/26/2025

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Meta has made a bold move by appointing Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as Chief Scientist of its Superintelligence Labs. With Zhao's deep expertise in AI models, Meta aims to sharpen its competitive edge against giants like OpenAI and Google. The company is pouring resources into talent and infrastructure, including a staggering $14 billion investment in Scale AI and a state-of-the-art cloud facility in Ohio.

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Meta has made a bold move by appointing Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as Chief Scientist of its Superintelligence Labs. With Zhao's deep expertise in AI models, Meta aims to sharpen its competitive edge against giants like OpenAI and Google. The company is pouring resources into talent and infrastructure, including a staggering $14 billion investment in Scale AI and a state-of-the-art cloud facility in Ohio.