Nobel laureate John Jumper, who recently shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced on Friday his transition to Anthropic, concluding a significant tenure of nearly nine years at Google DeepMind.
In a post shared on X, Jumper expressed his gratitude, noting that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis “took a real chance letting me lead the AlphaFold team just six months after finishing my PhD.” He further acknowledged that "the entire GDM team taught me so much about how to do great science."
Jumper, often pictured with Hassabis, reiterated his high regard for his former workplace, adding, “GDM is a special place, and I’ll still be excited to hear about what amazing things they discover next.”
Bloomberg reports indicate that Jumper was a pivotal figure in Google's development of coding tools, an area where the company has reportedly encountered difficulties in selling to businesses. This move follows another notable departure from DeepMind this week, as Character AI co-founder Noam Shazeer also announced his exit to join OpenAI.
Jumper and Hassabis were jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for their pioneering work on AlphaFold, an advanced artificial intelligence model capable of accurately predicting the 3D structure of proteins based solely on their genetic sequences.
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