Career Update: Google DeepMind -> Anthropic

I have decided to leave Google, and will be joining Anthropic to continue my work on machine learning security.

Career Update: Google DeepMind -> Anthropic Main Papers Talks Code Writing Writing Career Update: Google DeepMind -> Anthropic by Nicholas Carlini 2025-03-05 I have decided to leave Google DeepMind after seven years, and will be joining Anthropic for a year to continue my research on adversarial machine learning. Below you can find a (significantly shortened) version of the doc I sent to my colleagues to explain why I'm leaving, and a (new for this article) brief discussion about what I will be doing next. Why am I leaving? Joining Google Brain after finishing my PhD in 2018 was a dream job. I

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