Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph joins Google
Barret Zoph joins Google DeepMind
Aug. 26 (Reuters) - Barret Zoph, a co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday.
Here are some details:
- Zoph will join Google's DeepMind as vice president of research after serving as vice president of research at OpenAI.
- Zoph made a brief return to his former employer, OpenAI, after leaving Thinking Machines earlier this year, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- The move is the latest in a series of AI-driven reshuffles at the company, including DeepMind CEO Dennis Hassabis stepping aside this month.
- Zoph spent six years with Google as a research scientist in Google Brain, which was later merged with DeepMind to form Google DeepMind in 2023.
- Alphabet's shakeup of the AI lab included a revelation during an all-hands meeting on Aug. 6 that some teams were moving out of DeepMind and into corporate Google, Reuters reported earlier this month, citing two sources.
