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Hugh Zhang

Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic

At a glance

Zhang studies whether AI systems can reason reliably. He led work on GSM1k, a fresh set of math problems designed to distinguish reasoning from memorized answers, and co-authored research on an AI system that negotiated with people and played the strategy game Diplomacy at human level.

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A lifelong Go player, Zhang credits AlphaGo’s victory over Lee Sedol with sparking his interest in AI.[1] He also co-founded The Gradient, a digital magazine about AI.[1]

Career & education

Current role
Jul 2026-present
Member of Technical Staff
Previously
Dec 2024-May 2026
Member of Technical Staff
Jan 2024-Nov 2024
Researcher
Jul 2020-Jul 2021
Visiting Research Engineer, Facebook AI Research
Education

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Citation Trend

Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
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Citation snapshot on Oct 20, '262,732Oct 20, '26
citations2,732As of Oct 20, '26
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References

  1. Hugh Zhang — personal sitehughbzhang.com

    First-person account of lifelong Go playing and AlphaGo inspiration.

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