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Barret Zoph Joins Google as Vice President of Research After Tenure at OpenAI and Thinking Machines

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Barret Zoph, co-founder of Thinking Machines, has transitioned to a new role as vice president of research at Google after a brief stint at OpenAI. He previously worked at Google before co-founding Thinking Machines and returning to OpenAI for a short period. The AI industry is experiencing high turnover rates among executives, particularly at OpenAI.

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Zoph has moved from OpenAI to Google, marking his return to the company after previously co-founding Thinking Machines.

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Barret Zoph has taken a position as vice president of research at Google.

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Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales.

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The turnover rate in the AI industry is high, especially at OpenAI.

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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

TechCrunch·1h ago