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TechCrunch reported on 8 May 2025, relaying Rob Fergus’s LinkedIn profile, that he had worked at Google DeepMind as a research director for roughly five years before being chosen to lead Meta’s FAIR.

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Rob Fergus → held role at → Google DeepMind

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Claim and evidence

Rob Fergusheld role at ↓Google DeepMind

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Supporting evidence: secondary · 1 source

Date: Date unknown
Role: research director

Scope and limitsThe record rests on reporting (TechCrunch relaying his LinkedIn profile, which is not itself evidence). The dates of the role are not established.

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Meta taps former Google DeepMind director to lead its AI research lab

TechCrunch · 2025-05-08

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“Fergus had been working at Google DeepMind as a research director for roughly five years, per his LinkedIn.”

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Authors: TechCrunch
Version: Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 6fac5cc013dc418ab4eaa6336f7a9c81d589b5d1bd13de1b2f895ef3c01968cc) directly from the publisher.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: TechCrunch, “Meta taps former Google DeepMind director to lead its AI research lab”, 2025-05-08.
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Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.

Date. Reported as roughly five years before May 2025; no start or end date is given.

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