François Chollet, known for his work in AI, has left Google after nearly ten years.

He announced his departure on X, stating his intention to start a new venture with a colleague.

Chollet is famous for developing Keras, a high-level open-source API for AI models. Keras has been critical in applications like self-driving cars and recommendation systems.

Jeff Carpenter, a Google machine learning engineer, will replace Chollet as the Keras team lead.

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