Google AI exits put scarce talent in spotlight (opens in new tab)

Alphabet’s Google lost two high-profile AI figures in one week as competition for scarce AI talent intensified. Noam Shazeer, a co-lead of Google Gemini, announced on X on June 17 that he would leave for OpenAI, while Google DeepMind Vice President and Nobel laureate John Jumper said on June 19 that he would join Anthropic, the developer of Claude. Companies also face AI constraints including electricity, chip packaging and memory. The Financial Times separately reported that Big Tech needs c...