Morning Edition · Friday, July 31, 2026Published at 2:00 AM EDT · New York
DeepMind Reassigns Its AlphaFold Team, Redirecting Talent Toward Gemini
Core authors have moved to other divisions, Isomorphic Labs, or rivals, with Nobel laureate John Jumper having left for Anthropic in June.
Google DeepMind has effectively disbanded the original AlphaFold team, according to a Financial Times report, reassigning most of the paper's authors to other divisions as it concentrates resources on Gemini. Some researchers moved to Alpha…
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