Ex-OpenAI research lead Barret Zoph joins Google DeepMind
niloofar_mire · x · 2026-08-27
Barret Zoch announced he is joining Google DeepMind to work on Reinforcement Learning and Post-Training. A former research lead at OpenAI and co-lead of the Sora team, Zoch began his career in the Google Brain Residency program and is now returning to Google.
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