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Nobel laureate John Jumper departed Google DeepMind for rival Anthropic this week, marking another high-profile departure from the AI research division. Jumper, who shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein structure prediction, joins a growing exodus of top researchers from DeepMind. The defection has prompted industry observers to question whether Alphabet can maintain its competitive position in the increasingly competitive AI landscape as key talent relocates to other firms.