Nobel-winning AI scientist John Jumper said he was leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic, drawing praise from Google AI chief Demis Hassabis
John Jumper, the Nobel-winning mind behind AlphaFold, is joining Anthropic amid a fierce race for top AI talent, and Demis Hassabis publicly thanked him.
Nobel laureate in Chemistry John Jumper has announced his departure from Google DeepMind to join AI startup Anthropic, according to a report by CNBC on June 19. Jumper, who shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Google's Demis Hassabis, co-created AlphaFold, an AI system capable of predicting protein structures. Hassabis praised Jumper's decision on X, highlighting the impact AlphaFold has had on scientific and medical research.
Jumper, a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind, was previously known for his work on AlphaFold, which has already predicted over 200 million protein structures, reducing years of work in biological and medical research. The AI talent war is intensifying, with companies like Meta, Alphabet, Anthropic, and OpenAI competing for top AI researchers.
Jumper expressed curiosity about DeepMind's future work, while also stating that Google DeepMind was a "special place."
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