BREAKING
Gemini Co-Lead Shazeer Joins OpenAI
New Lead for Architecture Research
Shazeer's Path Through AI
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Joined Google 2000
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Transformer 2017
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Character.AI 2021
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Gemini co-lead 2024
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OpenAI 2026
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Google rehire deal
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Rivals: OpenAI, Google, xAI
A Defining Talent Move of 2026
AI NEWS BLITZ
Noam Shazeer, co-lead of Google's Gemini, is leaving to join OpenAI.