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Edward Grefenstette

EG

Director of Research at Google DeepMindHonorary Professor at UCL

🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸 Franco-British-American

Grefenstette helped develop neural networks with an external memory, allowing them to store and retrieve information while solving a problem. His broader work explores how AI can learn language, reason through several steps and adapt to unfamiliar tasks.

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Background

Current roles
Director of Research Jun 2023-present
Honorary Professor Mar 2021-present
Previously
Apr 2022-Jun 2023Head of Machine Learning,
Research Scientist and RL Area Lead,
Staff Research Scientist,
Co-founder and CTO,
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 24, 2026

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