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Google AI legends depart to launch new venture with Google's backing

Google's Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, along with colleagues Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le, are leaving the company after 27 years to found Discovery Loop. This new venture aims to automate large-scale machine learning experiments. Google is supporting the departure by acting as an initial investor and cloud partner. AI

IMPACT This move signals a potential shift in how large-scale ML experiments are conducted and may influence future AI development approaches.

RANK_REASON Departure of high-profile AI researchers from a major tech company to start a new venture. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    After 27 years shaping Google's AI, Chief Scientist Jeff Dean is departing with legends Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le to launch Discovery Loop. Th

    After 27 years shaping Google's AI, Chief Scientist Jeff Dean is departing with legends Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le to launch Discovery Loop. Their goal is to automate large-scale machine learning experiments. Google isn't fighting the split; instead, it is acting…