LeCun Labels xAI a Failure as All 11 Co-Founders Depart

Yann LeCun criticizes Elon Musk's xAI as a failure following the departure of all 11 co-founders and the company's struggle ...
AOL

AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?

"We don't have robots that are nearly as good at understanding the physical world as a rat," says Yann LeCun, one of the leading figures in the world of artificial intelligence. He worked at ...
Observer

How Yann LeCun’s Startup Challenges the Logic Behind Today’s A.I. Race

The Turing Award winner says A.I. needs broader foundations than just scaling text models. Yui Mok / POOL / AFP via Getty Images “I think there is a requirement for new paradigms to go beyond the ...
TechSpot

He says Musk faces challenges attracting engineers while the company burns through cash

Big quote: Yann LeCun isn't buying the current AI boom – or at least not the way it's unfolding. In a recent interview with CNBC, one of the "Godfathers of AI" and AMI Labs founder took aim at both ...
Variety

Anthony Chen and Yeo Yann Yann on 14 Years of ‘Growing Up’ Trilogy and New Korean Project: ‘A Comic Take on a Tragic Story’

Singaporean director Anthony Chen, whose producing credits include the Singapore-Korea co-production “Ajoomma,” is returning to Korean-connected territory with a new project. Speaking at a Shanghai ...
Gizmodo

AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Calls xAI a ‘Failure,’ Reignites Feud With Elon Musk

Yann LeCun, one of the “godfathers of AI,” is in something of a sweet spot professionally. He’s still well respected in the field he helped define; he’s free from the control of the big frontier labs ...
World Soccer Talk

Why is Yann Sommer missing the 2026 World Cup for Switzerland

Switzerland heads into the 2026 World Cup carrying genuine optimism after another impressive qualification campaign, but one familiar face will not be part of the journey. Yann Sommer’s absence has ...
The Next Web

The ‘godfather of AI’ called xAI a failure and warned of a bubble. He’s also selling the alternative.

Yann LeCun has never been quiet about his doubts, and his latest target is one of the most valuable companies on earth. Elon Musk’s xAI is “kind of a failure” that will not be able to compete on the ...
CNBC

Godfather of AI blasts Musk's xAI as 'failure,' says labs are risking a 'big bubble explosion'

Yann LeCun, founder of AMI Labs, called Elon Musk's xAI a "failure," adding that he expects it won't be able to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. LeCun, who was formerly Meta's AI chief, also said AI ...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who keeps warning AI will wipe millions of jobs, says that he hasn't changed his mind: Eventually it gets close to...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he's "still the same order of concern" about AI wiping out white-collar jobs.
Geeky Gadgets

Why Yann LeCun is Spending $1 Billion to Replace LLMs with JEPA

Yann LeCun, a Turing Award-winning AI researcher and former Chief AI Scientist at Meta, is challenging the dominance of large language models (LLMs) with a new paradigm called Joint Embedding ...