Lately awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, John Jumper introduced on Friday that he’s making the leap into anthropology after “virtually 9 years” at Google DeepMind.
In a publish on X, Jumper wrote that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis “took an actual probability on me by permitting me to steer the AlphaFold group simply six months after finishing my PhD, and all the GDM group has taught me lots about tips on how to do good science.”
Jumper (pictured above proper with Hassabis) added: “GDM is a particular place and I can not wait to listen to what nice issues they uncover subsequent.”
Jumper was a key member of Google’s coding instruments growth group, however the firm was struggling to promote its coding instruments to companies, Bloomberg reported. Character AI co-founder Noam Shazeer additionally introduced this week that he’s leaving DeepMind, however in his case to affix OpenAI.
Jumper and Hassabis received the Nobel Prize in 2024 for his or her work on AlphaFold, an AI mannequin that may predict the 3D construction of proteins primarily based on their genetic sequences.
