06:58 AM EDT, 07/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Meta Platforms ( META ) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Saturday that Shengjia Zhao will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Zuckerberg said Zhao will be responsible for setting the lab's research agenda and scientific direction.

Zhao co-founded the lab and has served as lead scientist since the lab's inception and is now being formally appointed to the role as team recruitment progresses, Zuckerberg said.