Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zhao will work directly with Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI, to advance AI research and development.
Zhao previously led synthetic data at OpenAI and helped build several models, including GPT-4, mini models, and o3. Meta has been investing heavily in AI, with a recent $14 billion investment in Scale AI and plans for “hundreds of billions of dollars” in AI compute infrastructure.
Meta Superintelligence Labs is a new organization focused on foundation models such as the open-source Llama family of AI models, products, and Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research projects. The lab aims to drive innovation in artificial intelligence and make significant advancements in the field.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/25/zuckerberg-shengjia-zhao-meta-ai-lab-chief-scientist-openai.html