Google AI leader Noam Shazeer leaves company for OpenAI (opens in new tab)

The AI talent wars are raging on. Two years after and part of his team at Shazeer worked at Google as the vice president of engineering and co-lead of Gemini, where he was credited for helping close the gap between Gemini and ChatGPT’s capabilities. “I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there,” Shazeer said in an . “It was a difficult decision to move on,” he added. “I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everyt...