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    Barrett Zoph Rejoins Google DeepMind for RL Role

    Former Google Brain resident focuses on reinforcement learning and post-training at DeepMind.

    Jason WeiJW
    Thomas KipfTK
    Thang LuongTL
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    Barrett Zoph announced his return to Google by joining DeepMind. Multiple researchers there, including Allen Nie, Adam Roberts, Thang Luong, and Thomas Kipf, welcomed him in replies to the post. Zoph began his AI career in the Google Brain Residency program. The posts state he will work on reinforcement learning and post-training initiatives. Other replies came from investor Shaun Maguire and researcher Jason Wei. No further details on specific projects or start date appear in the visible posts.

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    Allen Nie@allenainieWow…I’m speechless 🤣42d
    Ammaar Reshi@ammaar@barret_zoph Welcome to GDM! :)42d
    atlas@creatine_cycleit's a great day to tap the sign42d
    Thomas Kipf@tkipf@barret_zoph Welcome back!!42d
    Tal Broda@talbrodaThey are lucky to have you mate!42d
    Thang Luong@lmthang@barret_zoph Welcome back, Barret!42d
    Jason Wei@_jasonwei@barret_zoph @BrendanFoody congrats barret!! loved the ai residency42d
    Adam Roberts@ada_rob@barret_zoph Welcome back!42d
    Shaun Maguire@shaunmmaguire@barret_zoph Congrats Barret!42d
    Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧@SamuelAlbaniea legend returns42d

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    Barret ZophGoogle DeepMind

    10 Sources

    Allen Nie@allenainieWow…I’m speechless 🤣42d
    Ammaar Reshi@ammaar@barret_zoph Welcome to GDM! :)42d
    atlas@creatine_cycleit's a great day to tap the sign42d
    Thomas Kipf@tkipf@barret_zoph Welcome back!!42d
    Tal Broda@talbrodaThey are lucky to have you mate!42d
    Thang Luong@lmthang@barret_zoph Welcome back, Barret!42d
    Jason Wei@_jasonwei@barret_zoph @BrendanFoody congrats barret!! loved the ai residency42d
    Adam Roberts@ada_rob@barret_zoph Welcome back!42d
    Shaun Maguire@shaunmmaguire@barret_zoph Congrats Barret!42d
    Samuel Albanie 🇬🇧@SamuelAlbaniea legend returns42d

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