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# An interview with ex\-DeepMind scientist David Silver on his startup Ineffable, building an AI "super learner" using RL as an alternative path to LLMs, and more \(Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times\)

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**Published:** 2026-10-12T05:25:00.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** google, agent

## Summary

Ex\-DeepMind scientist David Silver discussed his startup Ineffable, which is developing an AI super learner using reinforcement learning as an alternative approach to large language models, in an interview with Madhumita Murgia of the Financial Times\.

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