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Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

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  1. xtreak29 · · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;JeffDean&#x2F;status&#x2F;2085034604172603724" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xcancel.com&#x2F;JeffDean&#x2F;status&#x2F;2085034604172603724

    &gt; Announcing Discovery Loop!

    &gt; I am very excited to announce that, along with my longtime friends and collaborators @Sanjay_Ghemawat, @OriolVinyalsML and @quocleix, we are founding Discovery Loop (@DiscoLoopAI), a Public Benefit Corporation whose mission is to automate machine learning, science, and engineering to accelerate discoveries and progress. The four of us have worked together for 14 to 30 years, and have helped build some of the world’s most used products, infrastructure and AI models, and we’re excited to turn our attention to this ambitious endeavor.

    1. jgilias · · focus · HN ↗
      Is it _that_ Jeff Dean?

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;LRitzdorf&#x2F;TheJeffDeanFacts" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;LRitzdorf&#x2F;TheJeffDeanFacts

      1. 12345hn6789 · · focus · HN ↗
        &quot;Once, in early 2002, when the index servers went down, Jeff Dean answered user queries manually for two hours. Evals showed a quality improvement of 5 points.&quot;

        ahahah golden.

        Will be following their journey

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