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An AlphaFold Nobel laureate leaves for a rival lab

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John Jumper, who shared the 2024 Chemistry Nobel for AlphaFold, is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic, as his old lab's best model sits fifth on the intelligence index, lapped even by China's Zhipu, with insiders reportedly conceding the AGI race.

Reporting date: 2026-06-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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An AlphaFold Nobel laureate leaves for a rival lab
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Reporting date: 2026-06-20
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Claim: John Jumper, who shared the 2024 Chemistry Nobel for AlphaFold, is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years to join Anthropic, as his old lab's best model sits fifth on the intelligence index, lapped even by China's Zhipu, with insiders reportedly conceding the AGI race.
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