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Barret Zoph is going back to Google, six years and two startups later

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Barret Zoph is joining Google DeepMind as vice president of research, returning to the organisation he spent six years in before it was DeepMind at all. He announced the move on Wednesday, arriving three weeks after Demis Hassabis stepped aside as chief executive in a reshuffle that also saw some D…

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  1. 2026-08-27 08:19 · The Next Web
    Barret Zoph is going back to Google, six years and two startups later

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