AI researcher Noam Shazeer left Google, where he developed AlphaFold, to join OpenAI after commenting on AI commoditization risk.
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Updated Aug 6
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What happened
AI researcher Noam Shazeer left Google, where he developed AlphaFold, to join OpenAI after commenting on AI commoditization risk.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Reports detail the ongoing talent drain from major tech companies, including Google, to rival AI labs like OpenAI.Sub-event
Senior AI researcher Noam Shazeer moved from Google to OpenAI.1 source
Shazeer moves to OpenAI; Nadella challenges Alphabet's AI strategy.1 source
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The entities involved
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Noam Shazeer
American machine learning researcher
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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OpenAI
American artificial intelligence research organization
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Google DeepMind
artificial intelligence company owned by Google
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