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Zuckerberg made LeCun take orders from 36-year younger Wang before the AI godfather quit: Report
short by Ashley Paul / on Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hired 29-year-old Alexandr Wang to lead the Superintelligence Lab, which resulted in 'Godfather of AI' Yann LeCun reporting to Wang, brewing discontent for the 65-year-old, reports said. LeCun called Wang "inexperienced". When asked about youngsters telling LeCun what to do after Wang's hiring, he said, "You certainly don't tell a researcher like me what to do."
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