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Google DeepMind is losing its grip on elite AI talent

New data shared exclusively with Fortune shows the lab’s share of top research and engineering hires in Europe has fallen sharply as OpenAI, Anthropic, and a new generation of rivals gain ground.

Fortune

Google’s DeepMind is having an identity crisis

Hassabis has ceded day-to-day control to DeepMind’s CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu. Here’s what happened.

Fortune

Behind the exit of DeepMind’s CEO: low morale, a talent exodus, and model delays

Within DeepMind, current and former employees say tensions have been simmering for months.

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Partner At Y Combinator Takes Leave of Absence to Join Anthropic

Tom Blomfield, general partner at Y Combinator, has taken a leave of absence from the company to join Anthropic, adding to the competition for top AI talent.

Benzinga

Mind Games: Talent wars heat up as AI startups take on Big Tech

A fierce talent war is raging in the AI sector, with tech giants like Google facing significant researcher departures to rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. This exodus has impacted Google's market value, highlighting the intense competition for top AI minds. Prominent figures, including co-authors of groundbreaking AI papers, are switching allegiances,…

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Google poised to lose two more senior AI staffers to Anthropic

Their moves rattled investors and cast new doubt on Google’s ability to compete in the fierce race to build better models.Shares of Alphabet closed down slightly after falling as much as 1.2% during the trading day Wednesday.

The Economic Times

Why Google Lost $270 Billion in Just One Day

How does one of the world's most powerful companies lose nearly $270 billion in market value in a single day even when its business is growing? That's the question investors around the world were asking after Alphabet, Google's parent company, suffered one of its biggest stock market drops in years.…

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As top talent leaves Google DeepMind, some question if the lab can remain at the forefront of AI development

With Google's AI models losing leaderboard places and its pace of model releases lagging, some are questioning if the internet giant can stay at AI's cutting edge.

Fortune

Google Loses Top AI Talent to Rivals as Alphabet Suffers Worst Stock Drop in Over a Year

Alphabet's shares plummet by 5% as key AI figures Noam Shazeer and John Jumper depart for rivals, sparking investor concerns over Google's AI strategy and $264 billion market value loss.

International Business Times UK

Google Stock Dips as Alphabet Loses Top AI Talents and Faces Fresh Regulatory Storm Despite A24 Tie-up

Alphabet's stock fell over 5% amid AI talent departures and regulatory pressures, overshadowing a $75 million AI partnership with film studio A24.

International Business Times UK

Five years after its debut, Google DeepMind's AlphaFold shows why science is AI's killer app

In five years since AlphaFold's debut, it has transformed basic biochemical research. But its long-term effect on drug discovery remains unclear.

Fortune

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for creating new molecular structure

The chemistry award is the third 2025 Nobel Prize to be announced this week.

Euronews

AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day

It may sound strange, but future Nobel Prizes, and other scientific achievement awards, one day might well be given out to intelligent machines. It could come down just to technicalities and legalities.

The Conversation

Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’. Here’s an offer he shouldn’t refuse…

The computer scientist’s dogged belief in the potential of neural networks helped unlock machine learning. But he’d be wise to remember the experience of a fellow laureate

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An AI Startup Acquired By Google Just Won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges.

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AI Pioneers Win Nobel Prizes In Physics And Chemistry

Geoffrey Hinton and Google AI division employees receive Nobel Prizes for AI breakthroughs, highlighting tech industry's role in advancing artificial intel...

Fortune

Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis' Nobel Prize win shows the promise of AI in science

Demis Hassabis has long-championed the idea of AI as a tool for advancing scientific discovery.

PC Gamer

Black and White's AI programmer just won a Nobel prize: 'an incredible honor, it's the big one really'

Demis Hassabis, best-known for his work with DeepMind, is one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists who revealed a 'completely new world of protein structures'

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper shared the Nobel prize in chemistry for work that revolutionized our understanding of protein structure.

The Conversation

Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins and designing them from scratch.

International Business Times

Nobel Winners Hope Protein Work Will Spur 'Incredible' Breakthroughs

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work revealing the secrets of proteins through artificial intelligence said Wednesday they hoped their research would "open the door to many incredible scientific breakthroughs".

International Business Times

What Are Proteins Again? Nobel-winning Chemistry Explained

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who have help unravel some of the enduring secrets of proteins, the building blocks of life.

International Business Times

AI Steps Into Science Limelight With Nobel Wins

For long periods of its history, artificial intelligence has lurked in the hinterland of science, often unloved and unfunded -- but two Nobel prizes in one week suggest its time in the sunshine has finally arrived.

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AI steals spotlight from Nobel winners who highlight Its power and risks

Artificial intelligence stole the limelight from Nobel laureates in both physics and chemistry this year, with winners noting its immense power but warning of uncontrolled development.

Fortune

Google DeepMind leaders Hassabis and Jumper win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

It's clear that 2024 is the year of AI breaking into the world's most prestigious scientific awards.

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