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		sidcool 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup fo... I think it was a plan by Mark to move LeCun out of Meta. And they cannot fire him without bad PR, so they got Wang to lead him. It was only a matter of time before LeCun moved out.

theanonymousone 41 days ago [–]

Isn't putting Wang as leading him a worse PR compared to just letting him go?

quest88 41 days ago | [–]

Anecdotally: No, I had no idea who he was reporting to so it sounds like a natural moving on storyline.

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