# DeepMind
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The Search for Superlearners: Nvidia’s Billion-Dollar Bet on the Future of Reinforcement Learning
Nvidia is partnering with Ineffable Intelligence, founded by AlphaGo creator David Silver, to pioneer 'superlearners' that use reinforcement learning to discover new knowledge. This initiative, backed by a $1.1 billion seed round, signals a shift in AI development away from human-data imitation toward autonomous experiential learning supported by Nvidia's next-generation hardware.
From Bench to Bedside: Isomorphic Labs Targets $2 Billion to Scale AI-Driven Drug Discovery
Isomorphic Labs, a spin-off of Google's DeepMind, is in advanced talks to raise over $2 billion in a funding round led by Thrive Capital. The company aims to leverage its proprietary AI models to revolutionize drug discovery, marking a significant escalation in Big Tech’s expansion into the pharmaceutical sector.
DeepMind’s Ethical Gambit: Google Staff Revolt Over Military AI Ambitions
More than 560 Google employees, including top researchers from DeepMind, have petitioned CEO Sundar Pichai to block the U.S. military from using the company's AI technologies for secret operations. The group warns against the creation of autonomous weapons and surveillance systems, reigniting a long-standing debate over the ethical boundaries of Big Tech's involvement in defense.
Giant Rift at Alibaba’s Qwen: Senior Leader’s Exit Triggers Mass Departures and Fears of a Turn Away from Open AI
Lin Junyang, the public technical leader of Alibaba’s open‑model Qwen project, has resigned and several core team members have followed. The exits coincide with a corporate reorganisation that shifts the project from vertically integrated research to horizontally split teams and places stronger emphasis on product KPIs such as DAU, provoking worries that Qwen’s open‑source character and research depth may be sacrificed for rapid commercialisation.
Apple’s AI Brain Drain Deepens as Researchers Jump to Meta and DeepMind
Apple has lost at least four AI researchers — Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang — who have joined Meta and Google DeepMind, following a recent departure of a senior Siri executive. The departures highlight a fierce talent competition in AI and raise concerns about Apple’s ability to rapidly scale advanced large‑model capabilities while maintaining its product and privacy constraints.