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French computer scientist (born 1960)
Yann André Le Cun (/ləˈkʌn/ lə-KUN; French: [ləkœ̃]; usually spelled LeCun; born 8 July 1960) is a French-American computer scientist working in the fields
Yann_LeCun
British-Canadian computer scientist (born 1947)
Hinton received the 2018 Turing Award, together with Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun, for their work on deep learning. They are sometimes referred to as the
Geoffrey_Hinton
Paris-based AI startup
Paris-based artificial intelligence research laboratory co-founded by Yann LeCun, the former Chief AI Scientist at Meta Platforms, in December 2025. It
Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs
Advanced_Machine_Intelligence_Labs
Name list
photographer Yann LeCun (born 1960), French-American computer scientist Yann Weymouth (born 1941), American architect and designer Idle Days on the Yann, a short
Yann
Academic conference in machine learning
pronounced /ˈaɪˌklɪər/ ("eye-clear"). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yann-lecun_i-say-eye-clear-and-i-co-created-iclr-activity-7326128990165884928-MNdQ
International Conference on Learning Representations
International_Conference_on_Learning_Representations
Convolutional neural network structure
Bell Laboratories between of the period of 1988 to 1998, centered around Yann LeCun. They were designed for reading small grayscale images of handwritten
LeNet
Canadian computer scientist (born 1964)
Computing", with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun for their foundational work on deep learning. Bengio, Hinton, and LeCun are sometimes referred to as the "Godfathers
Yoshua_Bengio
Internal representation of world by AI
virtual cars and play video games inside self-generated simulations. Yann LeCun advanced the idea in a 2022 position paper titled "A Path Towards Autonomous
World model (artificial intelligence)
World_model_(artificial_intelligence)
Artificial intelligence division of Meta Platforms
preceded by Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR), directed by Yann LeCun. In 2017 FAIR released PyTorch, an open source deep learning framework
Meta_Superintelligence_Labs
Database of handwritten digits
LabelMe OCR LeCun, Yann; Cortez, Corinna; Burges, Christopher C.J. "The MNIST Handwritten Digit Database". Yann LeCun's Website yann.lecun.com. Archived
MNIST_database
Branch of machine learning
5567 [cs.CL]. "MNIST handwritten digit database, Yann LeCun, Corinna Cortes and Chris Burges". yann.lecun.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13.
Deep_learning
Taiwanese and American businessman (born 1963)
Received the grand prize of the VinFuture Prize alongside Yoshua Bengio, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Fei-Fei Li for their groundbreaking contributions
Jensen_Huang
American journalist and data scientist
Upon its release, leaders at Facebook including Mike Schroepfer and Yann LeCun immediately criticized the piece through Twitter responses. AI researchers
Karen_Hao
Generative AI chatbot by OpenAI
on AI—and that regulators who do will only benefit vested interests." Yann LeCun dismissed doomsday warnings of AI-powered misinformation and existential
ChatGPT
Polish-American computer scientist
at New York University (NYU) in deep learning under the supervision of Yann LeCun and Rob Fergus. Zaremba graduated and received his PhD in 2016. During
Wojciech_Zaremba
Machine learning technique
Canziani & Yann Lecun (2021). NYU Deep Learning course, Spring 2020. Event occurs at 05:30. Retrieved 2021-12-22. Alfredo Canziani & Yann Lecun (2021). NYU
Attention_(machine_learning)
Artificial intelligence division of Meta Platforms
founded in 2013 as Facebook AI Research (FAIR). FAIR was directed by Yann LeCun until 2018, when Jérôme Pesenti succeeded him. FAIR's research has included
Meta_AI
Large language model by Meta AI
Compared with other responses to ChatGPT, Meta's Chief AI scientist Yann LeCun stated that large language models are best for aiding with writing. The
Llama_(language_model)
Type of AI with wide-ranging abilities
debate between Yann LeCun, Stuart Russel and Yoshua Bengio about the risks of strong AI". The fascinating Facebook debate between Yann LeCun, Stuart Russel
Artificial general intelligence
Artificial_general_intelligence
Influential 2012 deep convolutional neural network
neocognitron. It was trained by an unsupervised learning algorithm. The LeNet-5 (Yann LeCun et al., 1989) was trained by supervised learning with backpropagation
AlexNet
Hypothesized risk to human existence
values and constraints. In contrast, skeptics such as computer scientist Yann LeCun argue that superintelligent machines will have no desire for self-preservation
Existential risk from artificial intelligence
Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence
British AI researcher (born 1976)
Princess of Asturias Award (with Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun) for Technical and Scientific Research 2022 – Wiley Prize in Biomedical
Demis_Hassabis
Conference series on artificial intelligence
Turing Award winners (often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Computing) Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio, among eight other researchers, were honored as the
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
AAAI_Conference_on_Artificial_Intelligence
German-American artificial intelligence researcher
2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-08-06. Werner, John. "Can We Handle Ubertechnology? Yann LeCun And Others On Controlling AI". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-08-06. "Artificial
Connor_Leahy
Machine-learning and computational-neuroscience conference
and John Hopfield 2015 – Zoubin Ghahramani and Vladimir Vapnik 2016 – Yann LeCun 2017 – John Platt 2018 – Joëlle Pineau 2019 – Yoshua Bengio 2020 – Christopher
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Conference_on_Neural_Information_Processing_Systems
Probability of existentially catastrophic outcomes in AI
Connor Leahy 90%+ German-American AI researcher; cofounder of EleutherAI. Yann LeCun <0.01% Previously chief AI Scientist at Meta Shane Legg c. 5–50% Co-founder
P(doom)
Computational model used in machine learning
backpropagation-trained CNN to recognizing individual letters. In 1989, Yann LeCun et al. created a CNN called LeNet for recognizing handwritten ZIP codes
Neural network (machine learning)
Neural_network_(machine_learning)
Artificial intelligence model paradigm
that simulate reality could be applied to real world settings. In 2022, Yann LeCun saw a world model (defined by him as a neural network that acts as a mental
Foundation_model
American computer scientist (born 1976)
Bengio, Bill Dally, Geoffrey E. Hinton, John Hopfield, Jen-Hsun Huang and Yann LeCun. 2025: Included in Time's Person of the Year issue. Li is married to Stanford
Fei-Fei_Li
Type of stochastic recurrent neural network
heavily popularized and promoted by Geoffrey Hinton, Terry Sejnowski and Yann LeCun in cognitive sciences communities, particularly in machine learning, as
Boltzmann_machine
Machine learning paradigm
enforce correlation and orthogonality across diverse data types. In 2022 Yann LeCun introduced Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPA) as a step towards
Self-supervised_learning
Chinese businessman (born 1992)
reasoning and pattern recognition with Turing Award winners Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun. His most notable papers authored are on XLNet and Transformer-XL. In
Yang_Zhilin
Public university in Paris, France
"Yann LeCun – A.M. Turing Award Laureate". ACM. Retrieved 26 July 2026. PhD in Computer Science (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1987). "Dr Yann LeCun"
Sorbonne_University
Computer file format
The DjVu technology was originally developed, from 1996 to 2001, by Yann LeCun, Léon Bottou, Patrick Haffner, Paul G. Howard, Patrice Simard, and Yoshua
DjVu
Optimization algorithm for artificial neural networks
functions in neural networks, was long thought to be a major drawback, but Yann LeCun et al. argue that in many practical problems, it is not. Backpropagation
Backpropagation
Macedonian American chemist
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Svetlana_Mojsov
American annual computer science prize
original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2024. Thomas Haigh. "Yann LeCun - A.M. Turing Award Laureate". Association for Computing Machinery. Archived
Turing_Award
Computer scientist
115 times. His work has been praised by other researchers, including Yann LeCun, who later became an angel investor in Perplexity AI. In 2022, Yarats
Denis_Yarats
Artificial intelligence field of study
directions. To date, the letter has been signed by over 8000 people including Yann LeCun, Shane Legg, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell. In the same year, a group
AI_safety
Secondary education program and research center
Data Science at New York University. It was established in 2013, with Yann LeCun serving as the founding director. In 2011, New York University launched
New York University Center for Data Science
New_York_University_Center_for_Data_Science
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
Russell. Skeptical researchers such as François Chollet, Gary Marcus, Yann LeCun, and Oren Etzioni have argued that AGI is far off, that it would not seek
AI_alignment
AI conference in California
CEO of Google Deepmind Demis Hassabis, AI researchers Ilya Sutskever, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Dario Amodei, Max Tegmark, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Stuart
Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI
Asilomar_Conference_on_Beneficial_AI
transistor in 1947 and were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. Yann LeCun Recognized as a founding father of convolutional neural networks and for
List_of_Bell_Labs_alumni
Emerging class of microprocessor
intended for running convolutional neural networks. NeuFlow, a design by Yann LeCun (implemented in FPGA) for accelerating convolutions, using a dataflow
Vision_processing_unit
British autonomous vehicle technology company
participated; Ocado increased its stake as a strategic investor; and Meta AI head Yann LeCun and Richard Branson also became investors. Wayve’s Series C in May 2024
Wayve
French-American computer scientist
at Université Paris-Est, co-advised by Professors Laurent Najman and Yann LeCun. His thesis focused on real-time image understanding and introduced multi-scale
Clement_Farabet
Artificial intelligence scenario
overpopulation on Mars when we have not even set foot on the planet yet." Yann LeCun said that there is no reason to create robots that have drives such as
AI_takeover
English computer scientist (born 1955)
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Tim_Berners-Lee
German computer scientist (born 1963)
Bengio and LeCun "heavily cite each other" but "fail to credit the pioneers of the field". In a statement to the New York Times, Yann LeCun wrote that
Jürgen_Schmidhuber
American computer scientist and educator (born 1960)
Engineering jointly with Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey E. Hinton, John Hopfield, Yann LeCun, Jen-Hsun Huang and Fei-Fei Li. Dally is married and has three children
Bill_Dally
American geneticist (1946–2026)
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J._Craig_Venter
2026 shooting by US Border Patrol agents
CEOs mum after Minneapolis killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out". CNBC. Archived from the original on January 26, 2026. Retrieved
Killing_of_Alex_Pretti
Philosopher and writer (born 1973)
that superintelligence is too far away for the risk to be significant. Yann LeCun considers that there is no existential risk, asserting that superintelligent
Nick_Bostrom
French microbiologist, biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1968)
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Emmanuelle_Charpentier
Zimbabwean-American consultant, researcher and writer
of Discovery”, as well as his dialogues with Demis Hassabis and with Yann LeCun, and essays from over 30 scientists. In 2023, he contributed an essay
James_Manyika
American Internet pioneer (born 1938)
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Robert Kahn (computer scientist)
Robert_Kahn_(computer_scientist)
Japanese–American electronics engineer (born 1954)
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Shuji_Nakamura
Type of feedforward neural network
Following the advances in the training of 1-D CNNs by Waibel et al. (1987), Yann LeCun et al. (1989) used back-propagation to learn the convolution kernel coefficients
Convolutional_neural_network
Neural network technology
teacher'"). During the 1988 to 1998 period, a series of CNN were introduced by Yann LeCun et al., ending with LeNet-5 in 1998. It was an early influential CNN architecture
Convolutional_layer
American physician and immunologist (born 1959)
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Drew_Weissman
Family office for Jeff Bezos
via NYTimes.com. Orru, Mauro (March 10, 2026). "Former Meta AI Pioneer Yann LeCun Raises Over $1 Billion for New Startup". The Wall Street Journal. "37
Bezos_Expeditions
California bill
Fei-Fei Li, Russell Wald, Ion Stoica, Jeremy Howard, Turing Award recipient Yann LeCun, and U.S. Congressmembers Nancy Pelosi, Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo, Ro Khanna
Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
Safe_and_Secure_Innovation_for_Frontier_Artificial_Intelligence_Models_Act
Type of activation function
Networks". Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 13. MIT Press. Yann LeCun; Leon Bottou; Genevieve B. Orr; Klaus-Robert Müller (1998). "Efficient
Rectified_linear_unit
American endocrinologist (1937–2025)
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Joel_Habener
Timeline of major events in artificial intelligence during 2025
scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup". CNBC. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2026. "Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly
2025 in artificial intelligence
2025_in_artificial_intelligence
European particle physics research centre
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CERN
Intelligence of machines
on AI—and that regulators who do will only benefit vested interests." Yann LeCun, a Turing Award winner, disagreed with the idea that AI will subordinate
Artificial_intelligence
Australian and American mathematician (born 1975)
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Terence_Tao
Deep learning software
GitHub. KDnuggets Interview with Yann LeCun, Deep Learning Expert, Director of Facebook AI Lab Hacker News Yann Lecun's Facebook Page IDIAP Research Institute :
Torch_(machine_learning)
International nonprofit research institute
of what The New York Times called "heavy hitters of A.I." (including Yann LeCun, Elon Musk, and Nick Bostrom). The institute released a set of principles
Future_of_Life_Institute
French mathematician and computer scientist
main creators of the DjVu image compression technology (together with Yann LeCun and Patrick Haffner), and the maintainer of DjVuLibre, the open source
Léon_Bottou
Database 19". NIST. 2010-08-27. LeCun, Yann. "NORB: Generic Object Recognition in Images". cs.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-26. LeCun, Y.; Fu Jie Huang; Bottou
List of datasets in computer vision and image processing
List_of_datasets_in_computer_vision_and_image_processing
American rock climber and bioengineer
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Hugh_Herr
Social humanoid robot
misleading". In January 2018 Facebook's director of artificial intelligence, Yann LeCun, said on Twitter that Sophia was "complete bullsh*t" and criticised the
Sophia_(robot)
Danish physician and physiologist (born 1945)
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Jens_Juul_Holst
American biomedical researcher (born 1937)
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Robert_Gallo
Spanish physicist (born 1949)
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Emilio_Méndez_Pérez
Americans of Breton birth or descent
Dion René Galand Charles Guillou Youenn Gwernig Paol Keineg Jack Kerouac Yann LeCun Jackie Stallone Sylvester Stallone Tina Weymouth United States portal
Breton_Americans
American physicist, writer, and Nobel Laureate (born 1940)
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Kip_Thorne
AI"―that is, an unworkable and misleading model of intelligence. In 1990, Yann LeCun at Bell Labs used convolutional neural networks to recognize handwritten
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
British zoologist
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Peter_Anthony_Lawrence
Division of New York University, US (founded 1935)
2010, and Subhash Khot won the Nevanlinna Prize in 2014. Amir Pnueli and Yann LeCun won the 1996 and 2018 Turing Award respectively. In addition, Jeff Cheeger
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Courant_Institute_School_of_Mathematics,_Computing,_and_Data_Science
Overview of and topical guide to deep learning
Ruslan Salakhutdinov Sepp Hochreiter Seppo Linnainmaa Terry Sejnowski Yann LeCun Yoshua Bengio Deep learning at Wikipedia's sister projects Definitions
Outline_of_deep_learning
Canadian stem cell biologist
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Derrick_Rossi
Machine Learning For Dummies Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert – Perceptrons Yann LeCun – Quand La Machine Apprend Scott Aaronson – Quantum Computing Since Democritus
List_of_computer_books
American engineer (born 1928)
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Martin_Cooper_(inventor)
Technique for setting initial values of trainable parameters in a neural network
28 (5): 1671–1706. arXiv:1903.06733. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2020-0165. LeCun, Yann; Bottou, Leon; Orr, Genevieve B.; Müller, Klaus -Robert (1998), "Efficient
Weight_initialization
English zoologist (1934–2025)
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Jane_Goodall
American physician-scientist (born 1950)
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Francis_Collins
Belgian theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (1932–2026)
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François_Englert
Software agent which acts autonomously
shaping to initially give the machine rewards for incremental progress. Yann LeCun stated in 2018, "Most of the learning algorithms that people have come
Intelligent_agent
Semi-annual technology conference held by Nvidia
Cloud; ISAAC Demo 2021 Apr 12–16 Digital Jensen Huang; Geoffrey Hinton; Yann LeCun; Yoshua Bengio Grace; BMW Virtual Factory; Omniverse Enterprise; SDK for
Nvidia_GTC
American microbiologist
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Everett_Peter_Greenberg
Phenomenon in machine learning
Quantization". arXiv:2411.16550 [cs.LG]. Jing, Li; Vincent, Pascal; LeCun, Yann; Tian, Yuandong (2022-04-23). "Understanding Dimensional Collapse in
Representation_collapse
American chemist
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George_M._Whitesides
French-born researcher in machine learning (born 1961)
theory, with application to handwriting recognition. She collaborated with Yann LeCun, Léon Bottou, Vladimir Vapnik, Corinna Cortes, Yoshua Bengio, Patrice
Isabelle_Guyon
Annual prizes awarded in Spain
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Princess_of_Asturias_Awards
Data analysis technique
1038/s41598-021-03430-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8674253. PMID 34912009. Yann Lecun; et al. (1995). Learning algorithms for classification: A comparison on
Data_augmentation
Canadian computer scientist
features from tiny images (PDF), CiteSeerX 10.1.1.222.9220, S2CID 18268744 LeCun, Yann; Bengio, Yoshua; Hinton, Geoffrey (2015). "Deep learning". Nature. 521:
Alex_Krizhevsky
Japanese nanotechnologist (born 1939)
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Sumio_Iijima
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