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  "id": 3642729,
  "title": "Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January (Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/thinking-machines-lab-co-founder-barret-zoph-is-returning-to-google",
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  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-27T02:15:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "After a short stint at OpenAI, Zoph will become a vice president of research at Google, which has recently lost a string of high-profile researchers",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "SEC filing: OpenAI invests ~$400M in its second startup fund, after it raised $175M for its first fund in 2021 from outside investors, including Microsoft (Sarah Klearman/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/sec-filing-openai-invests-400m-in-its-second-startup-fund-after-it",
        "published": "2026-08-27T03:10:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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