Joelle Pineau, Meta Platforms’ head of artificial intelligence research, said she would step down effective May 30, creating an executive vacancy as the company aggressively invests and competes in the booming sector.

Meta Platforms Inc.’s head of artificial intelligence research plans to leave the company, creating a high-level vacancy just as Meta seeks to invest and compete aggressively in AI.Joelle Pineau, the vice president leading Meta’s Fundamental AI Research group,

Meta Platforms' head of artificial intelligence research, Joelle Pineau, plans to leave the company, at a time when the tech giant is aggressively investing and competing in the AI space.