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Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind to join Anthropic. This significant talent acquisition signals Anthropic's continued push to attract top AI researchers as competition intensifies. Jumper, a key figure behind the Transformer architecture, will undoubtedly bring substantial expertise to Anthropic's advanced AI development efforts.

TechCrunch AI·Jun 20, 2026

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