Meta's most-popular former employee to OpenAI VP: There is no way your company is achieving its goal

2026-02-05 - 17:05

Meta's ex-AI chief Yann LeCun has publicly challenged OpenAI's claims of nearing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). He criticized their research secrecy, arguing that true progress requires open sharing. LeCun also dismissed the notion that AGI will emerge from a single company or breakthrough, asserting OpenAI doesn't hold a monopoly on innovation.