Yann André Le Cun[1] (/ ləˈkʌn / lə-KUN, French: [ləkœ̃]; [2] usually spelled LeCun; [2] born 8 July 1960) is a French-American computer scientist working primarily in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics and computational neuroscience.

Dec 2, 2024 · There are several reasons, according to observers like Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun. According to an analysis by Ian Hogarth in the Financial Times, Europe has a fundamental problem: While the US boasts seven tech companies with a …

Jan 24, 2025 · Europe should take greater risks and plough more money into artificial intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun told AFP at the World Economic Forum. Widely viewed as one of the...

Europe and China have a lot of regulatory certainty as to AI. That’s why Meta licensed Llama to China’s Alibaba, surrendering the West’s lead on AI, despite its core businesses being banned ...

1 day ago · Scientists including Yann LeCun, AI chief for Facebook owner Meta and a father of the current surge in the technology, ... France and Europe have a lot to prove in the coming days. ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Europe should take greater risks and plough more money into artificial intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun told AFP at the World Economic Forum.

1 day ago · Europe News: Global AI experts will gather in Paris for a major summit from Thursday to Tuesday, discussing AI's impact on work, health, and culture. ... Scientists including Yann LeCun, AI chief ...

Yann LeCun is VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta and the Jacob T. Schwartz Professor at NYU affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences & the Center for Data Science. He was the founding Director of FAIR and of the NYU Center for Data Science. He received an Engineering Diploma from ESIEE (Paris) and a PhD from Sorbonne Université.

May 24, 2024 · Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, speaking at the Viva Technology conference in Paris on May 22, 2024. Amazon and Meta executives told CNN this week that some of the fears about artificial...

Ian points to a lower tolerance for risk in Europe than in the US, both from entrepreneurs and (perhaps more importantly) from investors. There is that. But there is another important factor:...