Google DeepMind Core Lead Oriol Vinyals Announces Departure
chelseabfinn · x · 2026-08-06
Oriol Vinyals, a core lead at Google DeepMind and co-lead of the Gemini project, announced his departure. Reflecting on his 13-year journey at Google, he worked on major projects including AlphaStar and Gemini. He is leaving to take on a new challenge alongside Jeff Dean, the person who originally brought him to the company.
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