Institutional dossier
The documented history of FAIR: chronology, people, research, capital and compute, and governance. Every statement opens its source and its limits.
Records dated 2013 to 2025-12-18 · 1 undated
11 claims · 10 sources · 11 not editorially accepted. The counts describe this selection. They do not measure completeness or independent confirmation.
Scope, evidence and limits
Description: Research unit launched in 2013 as Facebook AI Research and described in Meta’s 2023 retrospective as Fundamental AI Research. Not the whole of Meta’s AI organization.
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Chronology
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2013Record year · 2 claims
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Qualification and date notes
A retrospective institutional dating by Meta, not a contemporaneous founding document; it does not establish a precise founding date or the first members.
The source says 'late 2013'; no month or day is given. Retrospective dating published on 2023-11-30.
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Qualification and date notes
The same page calls him Chief Scientist in its quotation. This records the historical start of research leadership, not an uninterrupted director title or current appointment.
Start month reported retrospectively in the January 2018 biography. No end date established.
2018Record year · 1 claims
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Qualification and date notes
Historical company context; does not equate FAIR with the whole parent company or assert a separately incorporated subsidiary.
Historical source snapshot; no continuing appointment or capacity is inferred.
2023Record year · 1 claims
Record about this institution · Stated in source · Supported
Qualification and date notes
FAIR is an internal research unit. The same article distinguishes broader Meta Generative AI and product teams; their work is not automatically FAIR work.
Historical source snapshot; no continuing appointment or capacity is inferred.
2025Record year · 3 claims
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Activity: announced
Qualification and date notes
The record rests on trade reporting that relays Fergus's LinkedIn post and Bloomberg; neither was retrieved. The exact announcement date and start date are not established.
Date of the report. The article dates Fergus's LinkedIn announcement to 'yesterday (8 April)', which conflicts with its own 9 May publication date; the announcement date is left unresolved.
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Qualification and date notes
The record rests on reporting: the memo text as published by CNBC. It does not establish FAIR's internal reporting line.
Date of the memo as published by CNBC.
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Qualification and date notes
A CEO's public statement at a single date; it does not establish when this title began or how it relates to LeCun's earlier 'Chief AI Scientist' title.
Snapshot at the post date.