Vietnamese researcher Pham Hy Hieu poses in this 2022 handout image. He previously worked at xAI, where he was involved in development work on the Grok-3 model, according to posts on his social media accounts. His career has included roles at Google Brain, the National University of Singapore, and startup Augment Computing. In May 2025, he was invited to participate in a visiting professor program at Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City focusing on AI architecture and hardware. Hieu did not specify his next professional move in his post, saying only that he hoped to recover before deciding on future plans.

Source: Tuoitre News February 27, 2026 15:04 UTC