Thursday, June 18, 2026
Major shifts in AI leadership signal potential changes in future model development strategies.
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Noam Shazeer, a key co-lead of Google’s Gemini, has officially joined OpenAI. This move follows Google's 2023 multi-billion dollar acquisition of Shazeer's startup, Character.AI, and represents a significant talent acquisition for the OpenAI research team.
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