Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic
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Nobel Prize-winning scientist John Jumper is departing Google DeepMind to join the AI company Anthropic after a nearly nine-year tenure.Summary
John Jumper, co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the AlphaFold protein structure prediction model, has announced his departure from Google DeepMind. After nearly nine years with the company, Jumper is moving to the rival AI firm Anthropic. In a statement on X, Jumper expressed gratitude toward DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and the broader team for their professional support. His exit follows a recent trend of high-profile departures from DeepMind, including the move of Character AI co-founder Noam Shazeer to OpenAI.
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