{"id":24852,"date":"2026-01-29T01:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comunicagenia.com\/blog\/jeff-dean-the-architect-who-built-the-foundations-of-modern-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:58:14","slug":"jeff-dean-the-architect-who-built-the-foundations-of-modern-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comunicagenia.com\/en\/blog\/jeff-dean-the-architect-who-built-the-foundations-of-modern-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Dean: The architect who built the foundations of modern AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of technology, there are people who write code and people who change the way computers think. 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