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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery.
TL;DR
- Jeff Dean and other top Google AI researchers are leaving to start a new company, Discovery Loop.
- The startup aims to use AI to accelerate scientific research by automating experimental processes.
- Discovery Loop plans to initiate and iterate thousands of experiments simultaneously.
- The company may also explore using AI for recursive self-improvement to create more powerful AI.
- Funding for Discovery Loop includes contributions from Alphabet, Radical Ventures, and Khosla Ventures.
- Jeff Dean has a long history at Google, contributing to search infrastructure and AI research.
- The founders believe AI can fundamentally transform the speed and efficiency of innovation.