Meta Names New Leader of Company’s Efforts To Become AI Native
Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s chief technology officer, will oversee the company’s ‘AI For Work’ initiatives as focus shifts away from the metaverse
Meta Platforms’s META -1.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, is taking over supervision of the company’s efforts to become AI native, according to an internal memo that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
He will oversee Meta’s ‘AI For Work’ initiative, which was previously led by a different executive, Guy Rosen, the memo said, as the company seeks to be more nimble to remain competitive with AI native startups with smaller staffs.
“As I’ve been digging in I’ve found we have a lot to be proud of. The early pilots, the willingness to pressure-test new ideas, and the speed at which we’ve enabled teams to embrace AI tools has created real momentum and sets us up for this next phase,” Bosworth said in the note to employees.
Bosworth, who goes by Boz, has been with the company since 2006 and became CTO in 2022. His duties have included oversight of its metaverse operations, encompassing virtual and augmented reality.