Google takes the hit in AI's talent war (opens in new tab)

Google DeepMind lost two high-profile researchers in a week marked by a flurry of departures across major AI labs.Why it matters: The talent wars continue and have intensified at the highest levels as many AI developers believe that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is on the horizon.Driving the news: Noam Shazeer announced last week that he was leaving Google DeepMind for OpenAI. Google previously paid more than $2 billion to acqui-hire Shazeer and part of his Character.ai team.Shazeer c...