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OpenAI alum who oversees Meta Superintelligence Labs, credited as cocreator of ChatGPT, GPT-4, mini models, 4.1, and o3 at OpenAI.
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Sep 2025 — Oct 2026
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- competitive3
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Associated AI Models
ChatGPT5DALL-E 21GPT-41GPT-4.11GPT-51
Appears Alongside
Nat FriedmanExecutive
6 shared articlesAlexandr WangExecutive
5 shared articlesJakub PachockiResearcher
5 shared articlesDario AmodeiExecutive
5 shared articlesJohn SchulmanExecutive
4 shared articlesAnca DraganExecutive
4 shared articlesMark ZuckerbergExecutive
3 shared articlesDaniel GrossExecutive
3 shared articlesChris OlahResearcher
3 shared articlesBenjamin MannFounder
3 shared articlesWojciech ZarembaFounder
3 shared articlesDawn SongExecutive
3 shared articlesJared KaplanFounder
3 shared articlesSummer YueExecutive
3 shared articlesMark ChenExecutive
3 shared articlesArticles
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Company announces hiring spree
info.deeplearning.aineutralOct 23, 2026
“ChatGPT creator who was one of at least 16 new scientists or engineers hired by Meta from competitors including OpenAI.”
How the US and China Could Verifiably Slow AI
LessWrongcautiousOct 23, 2026
“Signed Pacing the Frontier letter calling for international effort to pace frontier AI development”
Mark Zuckerberg: A journey to the heart of history's largest nonterritorial empire
colossus.commixedSep 14, 2026
“ChatGPT co-creator recruited by Zuckerberg to join Meta Superintelligence Labs as part of AI talent overhaul.”
pace the frontier
SubstackcautiousJul 30, 2026
“Signed the Pacing the Frontier statement expressing concern about rapid AI progress and the need for responsible development.”
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Backed a Petition Asking Washington to Build the Tools to 'Pace' AI Development
pacingthefrontier.comcautiousJul 30, 2026
“Chief Scientist at Meta AI who signed petition requesting coordination mechanisms to pace frontier AI development.”
Shengjia Zhao Personally Signed the Pacing Petition
FortunecautiousJul 30, 2026
“Personally signed the pacing petition asking governments to build tools to slow AI development, despite his CEO Mark Zuckerberg arguing against such restrictions.”
Frontier Lab Employee Open Letter Calls For Being Able to Pace the Frontier
The ZvicautiousJul 30, 2026
“Meta chief scientist who signed the open letter on pacing frontier AI development.”
Meta's AI Chief On AI Beef, New Models And Life With Zuck
Core MemorypositiveMay 14, 2026
“All-star included in Meta AI hierarchy under Alex Wang.”
Meta Poaches OpenAI Scientist to Help Lead AI Lab
WirednewsneutralSep 25, 2025
Meta hired Yang Song, a high-ranking OpenAI researcher who developed techniques informing DALL-E 2, as research principal of Meta Superintelligence Labs, continuing a summer hiring blitz of at least 11 researchers from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
“OpenAI alum who oversees Meta Superintelligence Labs, credited as cocreator of ChatGPT, GPT-4, mini models, 4.1, and o3 at OpenAI.”
AI CompetitionAI ResearchGenerative AIFoundation Models
Meta's Elite AI Unit Sparks Tension With Old Guard
Wall Street JournalmixedSep 12, 2025
“Shengjia Zhao, ChatGPT co-creator, quit Meta within a week of joining but returned after Meta tripled his pay and made him chief scientist of the elite TBD Lab.”