Soumith Chintala shares his emotional farewell after eleven years at Meta, where he led the development of PyTorch. He expresses pride in the project's success and confidence in its future leadership. Soumith discusses his desire to explore new opportunities outside of Meta.

Dina Powell McCormick is appointed President and Vice Chairman of Meta, after previously serving on its Board of Directors. She will guide the company’s strategy and manage significant investments in infrastructure and global connectivity. Her background includes extensive experience in finance and public service under two U.S. presidents.

Meta is starting a new initiative called Meta Compute, aiming to build tens of gigawatts of energy infrastructure this decade, with plans to scale up to hundreds of gigawatts over time. Santosh Janardhan and Daniel Gross will lead this effort, which they see as a strategic advantage in their operations.

Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, threatened to leave Meta shortly after joining, highlighting challenges in Mark Zuckerberg's ambitious AI restructuring efforts. As Meta recruits new AI leaders, including Zhao and others from major tech firms, the company faces high turnover with several new hires departing quickly after their onboarding.

Meta has appointed Shengjia Zhao as the chief scientist of its new superintelligence lab, which aims to advance the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Zhao, previously at Google DeepMind, will lead efforts to explore innovative AI technologies and their implications. This move highlights Meta's commitment to staying at the forefront of AI research and development.