Jérôme Pesenti, former CEO of BenevolentTech and IBM Big Data CTO, to head up Facebook's AI Research lab; Yann LeCun steps into new role as chief AI scientist
Jérôme … Tweets: Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : Like that Facebook's new AI chief used to run something called “BenevolentAI” http://qz.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Artificial intelligence isn't research for Facebook anymore, it's core to (breaking &) fixing the product, so it's hired a manager above its top AI research Yann LeCun http://www.techmeme.com/...
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@mhbergen
Mark Bergen
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Like that Facebook's new AI chief used to run something called “BenevolentAI” http://qz.com/...
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@joshconstine
Josh Constine
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Artificial intelligence isn't research for Facebook anymore, it's core to (breaking &) fixing the product, so it's hired a manager above its top AI research Yann LeCun http://www.techmeme.com/...
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@louisgray
Louis Gray
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Now, this is a big deal. Facebook's CMO, Gary Briggs, is leaving, but to work on helping Democrats win in 2018, 2020 and beyond. Gary is a fantastic guy, and a smart leader. (He was on my interview panel when I joined Google back in 2011 too, so I am on Team Gary for life.) http:…
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@bysamro
Blockchain Sam Ro
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seems like if you wanna sway elections, you should stay at Facebook http://www.recode.net/... http://twitter.com/...
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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Facebook CMO says he's planning to leave and help the Democrats in the midterms + 2020 http://www.facebook.com/...
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
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This doesn't help with the notion from conservatives who think Facebook has a built-in liberal bias https://twitter.com/...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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Super curious to hear what Gary Briggs will say about Facebook and democracy after he retires to help Democrats in 2020 http://www.recode.net/...