Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Barret Zoph is returning to Google as VP of research, after leaving OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January (Wall Street Journal)

Google is bringing back one of the researchers who left during the OpenAI-to-Thinking Machines churn.

Barret Zoph is returning to Google as a vice president of research, according to the Techmeme item. The note says he had left OpenAI in June and Thinking Machines Lab in January. The linked story is framed around his move, not a broader hiring wave or strategy shift. Techmeme's note