AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.
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Top AI researchers are departing Google to work for its competitors Anthropic and OpenAI. Recently, several prominent researchers who played key roles in developing Google's AI models have announced they are leaving the company, including individuals who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on protein structure prediction. This trend is significant because it represents a pattern of talent loss for Google as its rivals prepare to go public, which gives them the ability to recruit top researchers by offering equity incentives.
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