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Two more Google AI researchers, Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, are leaving to join Anthropic, adding to a wave of high-profile departures that have rattled investors and raised doubts about Google's ability to retain top talent in the fiercely competitive AI landscape. Source: The Next Web Adler worked on AI coding and Pritzel on pretraining for Google's Gemini model. Source: Bloomberg via La Republica
The losses follow the recent exits of Nobel laureate John Jumper to Anthropic and AI pioneer Noam Shazeer to OpenAI. Source: TechCrunch Alphabet's stock dropped roughly 6% after Jumper's departure alone. Source: The Next Web Google's market cap has fallen over 7% in five sessions. Source: El País
Anthropic and OpenAI are approaching IPOs, offering pre-IPO equity packages that can outweigh salaries at a mature giant like Google. Source: The Next Web Additionally, internal compute resource allocation has shifted, with some researchers losing access to hardware needed for experiments — a factor that influenced Shazeer's move. Source: La Republica
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, acknowledged the intense competition, stating: "There is a lot of talent mobility among all the leading labs, and we capture a good share of the best talent." Source: El País A Google spokesperson reaffirmed confidence in its position. Source: CNBC
Though Google still dominates search and posted strong revenues, the talent drain signals growing pressure from rivals and could undermine its future AI leadership. Source: CNBC; The Next Web
“Two leading artificial intelligence researchers at Google are planning to leave for Anthropic, according to a Bloomberg report on June 24, the latest departures from the team behind Gemini and the second pair to head for the Claude maker inside a week.”
“En este escenario, Jonas Adler y Alexander Pritzel, considerados internamente como piezas clave del modelo de IA Gemini de Google, se incorporarán a Anthropic, según estas fuentes.”
“Poco antes de que Shazeer anunciara sus planes de unirse a OpenAI, la capacidad de computación destinada a uno de sus proyectos fue reasignada a un equipo de Google DeepMind con sede en Londres, según dos personas familiarizadas con el tema.”
“Last week, legendary AI researcher Noam Shazeer announced that he was leaving Google for OpenAI. ... Just days after ... John Jumper said he was leaving Google for Anthropic.”
“Alphabet's stock on Monday had its worst day in more than a year, dropping 5%.”