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Google Alphafold team effectively dismantled, staff reassigned to Gemini
Google DeepMind has effectively dismantled the team behind Alphafold, the Financial Times reported on July 29. The report said Google reassigned core Alphafold staff and most original paper authors to other units, with some already leaving the company. DeepMind began Alphafold in 2018 and was credited in 2020 with effectively solving the protein-folding problem. In 2024, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the Nobel chemistry prize for the research.
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Key Google AI researchers depart for Anthropic, OpenAI
Some of Google’s core artificial intelligence researchers are moving to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI. Bloomberg, cited by TechCrunch, reported that Jonas Adler and Alexander Fritzel will join Anthropic after playing key roles in developing Google’s Gemini model. Noam Shazeer said last week he is moving to OpenAI. Days later, Google DeepMind director John Jumper said he will move to Anthropic.
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Nobel prize-winning AI scientist John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind to join Anthropic
John Jumper (존 점퍼), a 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, is leaving Google DeepMind to join AI startup Anthropic, Business Insider reported on June 19 local time. Jumper, a chemist and computer scientist, worked at DeepMind for about 10 years and said on X that the team taught him a lot about doing great science. He led the AlphaFold team and shared the prize with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.
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AI & Enterprise
Google to be AI partner for Korean industry, pushes into manufacturing, platforms and entertainment
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AI & Enterprise
Google DeepMind says AGI frontier will open a new renaissance
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AI & Enterprise
Government joins hands with Google DeepMind to step up \'K-Moonshot\' through global partnerships
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Industry
MSIT holds bio academies future policy forum