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Google Deepmind loses another top AI researcher as Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves for Anthropic

Nobel Prize winner John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years, following the departures of Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to OpenAI and AlphaGo researcher David Silver to start his own company. The exodus of three top AI researchers within months raises concerns about talent retention at Google DeepMind.

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Nobel Prize winner John Jumper is leaving Google Deepmind for Anthropic after nearly nine years. Days earlier, Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer left for OpenAI. Weeks before that, AlphaGo researcher David Silver started his own company. Three of Google's most prominent AI minds, gone within months.

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