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Jeff Dean Leaves Google to Launch AI Startup
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- →Jeff Dean's departure from Google marks a significant shift in the AI landscape.
- →Discovery Loop aims to automate scientific research, potentially accelerating innovation.
- →The startup's approach could redefine how AI contributes to scientific breakthroughs.
Jeff Dean, a key figure in Google's AI advancements, is departing to establish Discovery Loop, an AI startup aimed at transforming scientific research. Joining him are several prominent Google researchers, including Sanjay Ghemawat and Quoc Le. The startup plans to use AI to automate and scale scientific experiments, potentially accelerating the pace of discovery. Backed by investors like Alphabet and Khosla Ventures, Discovery Loop represents a significant shift towards using AI for groundbreaking scientific advancements.
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