When you’re a leading scientist who thinks Big Tech is chasing the wrong AI breakthrough, you probably won’t last long at a company desperate to catch up with the herd. Yann LeCun, a French-US scientist known as one of the Godfathers of AI thanks to his foundational research on deep learning, is leaving Meta after 12 years to start his own company, according to the Financial Times. His departure underscores just how much Mark Zuckerberg has pivoted away from seeking the next innovative shift in