DeepMind vet Thore Graepel departs to tackle reasoning, cites AlphaGo lessons
ThoreG · x · 2026-09-07
Thore Graepel announces he has concluded an extraordinary chapter at Google DeepMind and will focus on reasoning—one of AI's biggest unsolved problems. He discussed with Financial Times' Fred Pratty (Sifted) what AlphaGo can still teach about where AI needs to go next, with more to come.
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