Barret Zoph rejoins Google DeepMind to lead RL and post-training
shaneguML · x · 2026-08-27
Former OpenAI key figure Barret Zoph announced he is returning to Google DeepMind. Starting his AI career in the Google Brain Residency, Zoph will now focus on Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Post-Training. He stated that Google possesses all the ingredients to remain incredibly successful in the AI space.
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