Nobel Prize–Winning AI Researcher Leaves Google for Anthropic

John Jumper won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on AlphaFold, a computer program that can predict how proteins fold into their 3D shapes. He has now left Google DeepMind to join Anthropic, a rival AI company. The departure highlights intense competition among AI firms to hire the most skilled researchers, especially those who understand both biology and how to build large AI systems.