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# Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google

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元記事: [Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/barret-zoph-the-thinking-machines-co-founder-who-defected-to-openai-is-now-at-google/) — published 2026-08-27T19:52:52Z