Meta Platforms has appointed Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, as the company accelerates its push into advanced AI.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the company’s new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao contributed to several of OpenAI’s largest breakthroughs, including ChatGPT, GPT-4, and the company’s first AI reasoning model, o1.

Shenjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, has been named chief scientist of Meta's new Superintelligence Labs by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zhao will direct research efforts and aims to strengthen Meta's AI capabilities following the lukewarm reception of its Llama model releases.