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Jeff Dean: When I joined, the company was quite small.We were all wedged in a small office on University Avenue in Palo Alto. One of the first main things I worked on was building one of our first ...

Just a week ago, AI chief Jeffrey Dean might have been the most popular executive at Google. By Friday, he was at the center of a company firestorm.

Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, said it will soon be possible for AI to match the skills of a junior engineer. He estimated it could happen within the next year during the "AI Ascent" event.

Google’s Jeff Dean in March 2016. Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge.

In all cases, according to Google AI chief Jeff Dean, Google's AI researchers are focused on the bigger picture. "We try to do long-term work, and often that provides an arc of direction, where ...

Jeff Dean, a senior fellow at Google and head of the Google Brain project, speaks at VB Summit 2017 in Berkeley, California on October 23, 2017. Image Credit: Michael O'Donnell/VentureBeat.

In February, Jeff Dean, Google’s longtime head of artificial intelligence, announced a stunning policy shift to his staff: They had to hold off sharing their work with the outside world. For ...

Whatever the future role of computers in society, Jeff Dean will have a powerful hand in the outcome. As the leader of Google’s sprawling artificial intelligence research group, he steers work ...

Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, said it will soon be possible for AI to match the skills of a junior engineer. He estimated it could happen within the next year during the "AI Ascent" event.