François Chollet is a French computer scientist and the creator of the popular deep learning library, Keras. He is known for his contributions to artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly in the development of neural networks. Chollet has worked at Google and has been involved in various research projects that advance the field of AI. In addition to his work on Keras, Chollet authored the book Deep Learning with Python, which serves as a guide for practitioners and researchers in the field. He is also an advocate for ethical AI and has spoken about the societal implications of artificial intelligence technologies.