John Jumper to join Anthropic

Iolaum

Two big names left GDM recently. Could be a coincidence, but where's the fun in that? :p

andrewstuart

John Jumper what a great name sounds like a video game action hero.

CuriouslyC

Something spicy must have happened internally at Google. This rapid fire high level attrition isn't just down to the bureaucratic quagmire.

musicale

Name checks out.

hackerbeat

Super Mario leaves Nintendo to focus on plumbing.

vld_chk

Anthropic legit builds one the strongest if not the strongest IC team in the history of computational technology. They are insanely stacked on talent, and either we will witness a legendary run, or a new LTCM

SpyCoder77

The guy who invented jumping is joining a major AI lab?!?

abraxas

Something seems afoot at Google. The real tell will be if Demis makes a move. Jeff Dean seems more like a lifer to me.

WarmWash

Shazeer yesterday and Jumper today....Demis is there something we need to know about?

rvz

He will be back at Google after the Anthropic IPO. Seems like everyone here is easily fooled by the Anthropic hype. After the IPO, Anthropic won't be like the daycare it is today. Their main competitors are the chinese labs which are racing all their prices down close to $0.

mikert89

Anthropic is probably approaching AGI, and everyone wants to be there for it

aabhay

I am guessing this is related to Anthropic’s recent acquisition of Coefficient Bio, and their interest on essentially using AGI to discover novel drugs

frays

Demis Hassabis posted a farewell for John Jumper on X: https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2068002732250640603 > Thanks John for an extraordinary partnership and wonderful collaboration over the past 9 years! What we achieved with AlphaFold changed the world, and showed the field what was possible with AI for science and medicine, lighting the way for how AI can benefit humanity.

david_shi

Nominative determinism.

brcmthrowaway

I would just join a lab for 4 years and retire at this point.