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Meta 's former research scientist, Tian Yuandong, has revealed that the company's restructuring of its artificial intelligence (AI) team was driven by limited computing resources. The revelation comes as a reason behind the recent layoffs at Meta's AI research unit. Yuandong, who previously served as a research scientist director at Meta FAIR (Facebook's Fundamental AI Research team), made these comments during an interview on Silicon Valley 101 .

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Internal conflicts at Meta's AI research unit

Yuandong said that the growing focus on large language models (LLMs) in global AI development has led to internal conflicts within Meta's AI research unit. The limited computing resources have been a major factor in these tensions. This explanation sheds

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