AI Researchers Leave Google for Anthropic and OpenAI
Two key AI researchers from Google, Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, are joining Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. The trend continues with Noam Shazeer also leaving for OpenAI.
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Nobel Laureate John Jumper Leaves DeepMind for Anthropic
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