Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI in the latest AI talent war move.

One of the world’s leading artificial-intelligence researchers is leaving Alphabet for OpenAI, dealing a blow to the Google parent in the war for AI talent. Noam Shazeer, who co-led the development of Google’s Gemini AI models,

Noam Shazeer is leaving Google for OpenAI, just two years after Google paid $2.7 billion to poach Shazeer and part of his team at CharacterAI. Why it matters: This shows the limits of acqui-hires, in which the most valuable assets can walk out the door once retention periods end.

Noam Shazeer, a vice president of engineering at Google and co-lead ​of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, said ‌on Wednesday that he will leave the company to join IPO-bound ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) vice president of engineering and Gemini AI co-lead, Noam Shazeer, said Wednesday that he is departing the company to join OpenAI (OPENAI), the ChatGPT creator that is reportedly headed toward an IPO.

Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI in the latest AI talent war move.

Noam Shazeer, a vice president of engineering at Google and co-lead of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, said on Wednesday he will leave the company to join OpenAI.