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Yao Shunyu Joins Google DeepMind, Critiques Anthropic's China Stance

10/9/2025

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  • Yao Shunyu left Anthropic to join Google DeepMind as senior research scientist in Gemini team.
  • He cited Anthropic's "anti-China statements" as the reason for departure, opposing labeling China as an "adversarial nation".
  • Anthropic restricted access to services for subsidiaries of Chinese companies.
  • He holds a PhD in theoretical and mathematical physics from Stanford University and studied at Tsinghua with honors.