Meta Appoints Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of Superintelligence Labs

Meta Appoints Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of Superintelligence Labs

Shengjia Zhao joins Meta Superintelligence Labs to lead next-gen AI Meta has officially appointed Shengjia Zhao, former OpenAI researcher and one of the driving forces behind ChatGPT and GPT-4, as the Chief Scientist of its new research division—Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). This strategic move answers the tech industry’s growing curiosity around Meta’s next step in the AI arms race. Shengjia Zhao’s appointment is not just a title—it’s a commitment to building advanced AI reasoning systems, especially as Meta looks to develop its own models rivaling OpenAI's o1. Image Credits:David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty Images Shengjia Zhao, who co-founded the lab earlier this year, will now formally lead the scientific direction of MSL. His role reflects Meta’s aggressive push into the development of frontier AI. Having helped develop OpenAI’s most notable innovations, Zhao brings deep technical expertise and a proven track record in AI scaling paradigms. As Meta ramps up its AI ambitio…