Noam Shazeer, the Google VP who co-led Gemini and co-authored the original Transformer paper, announced his move to OpenAI after a stint that began with the Character.AI acquisition. He called the decision tough while praising his former team, and Sam Altman publicly welcomed the addition amid the broader scramble for elite researchers.
Brutal for Google
I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.
It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.
Neither the announcement nor reporting pins down a start date or the projects Shazeer will tackle at OpenAI, leaving observers to watch for clues on how his experience will shape upcoming models.
The departure is widely read as a win for an IPO-bound OpenAI and a fresh signal that Google is struggling to hold its Gemini leadership, with no sign the bidding war for scarce talent is cooling.
Negative users disapproved of Noam Shazeer joining OpenAI after leaving Google, accusing it of enabling monopolization.
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I knew the war was lost when our victories kept getting closer and closer
I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.
It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.
@kalomaze I would rather be more worried about the fact that 3.1 pro generates worse code than the free version of chatgpt.
@kalomaze iqmogged
@kalomaze Why so ?
@kalomaze There can be only one Jeff Dean. 🤷♂️
@kalomaze Noam monopolization.
@kalomaze Yeeeep
@A_K_Nain @kalomaze The free version uses their latest model tbf
