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Google Pays $2.7 Billion to Rehire AI Expert Noam Shazeer

Sep 25, 2024, 02:03 PM

Google has made a significant move in the artificial intelligence sector by paying $2.7 billion to rehire Noam Shazeer, a prominent computer scientist and AI expert. Shazeer, who co-authored the influential 'Attention is All You Need' paper at Google in 2017, left the company in 2021 due to frustrations over Google's internal practices, particularly its reluctance to release his chatbot project. After leaving, Shazeer launched his own AI company, which Google has now acquired as part of the deal to bring him back. This acquisition underscores the intense competition among tech companies to secure top talent in the AI field.