Noam Shazeer moved from Google to OpenAI
TG AI News·June 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM·
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Noam Shazeer moved from Google to OpenAI. The company will gain one of the most influential researchers, while Gemini will lose one of its leaders. Just two years ago, Google acquired Character AI for $2.7 billion, largely to bring Noam back, and now he is leaving for OpenAI.