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Jeff Clune
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Professor at University of British Columbia
Co-founder at Recursive
Clune pioneered open-ended AI: systems that continually invent new challenges, behaviors, and designs instead of optimizing one fixed task. After leading research at Uber AI, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind, he co-founded Recursive in 2026 to pursue AI systems that improve the process of creating AI.
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