Shengjia Zhao's journey from a Tsinghua University exchange student at Rice to Meta's Superintelligence Lab Chief Scientist exemplifies the power of education. His foundation at Tsinghua, broadened perspective at Rice,

Shengjia Zhao, who previously worked as a research scientist at OpenAI, will lead the research agenda at Meta's MSL.

Meta Platforms has appointed Shengjia Zhao, one of the co-creators of ChatGPT and GPT-4, as chief scientist of its recently launched Superintelligence Lab. The announcement was made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a Threads post on Friday, as Meta moves to bolster its capabilities in advanced artificial intelligence.