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Google DeepMind Loses Transformer Inventor and Nobel Laureate to Rivals in 48 Hours

Google DeepMind Loses Transformer Inventor and Nobel Laureate to Rivals in 48 Hours

Season 2026 Episode 96 Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Noam Shazeer, co-inventor of the Transformer architecture powering every major AI model, left Google for OpenAI on June 18. The next day, Nobel Prize winner John Jumper announced he was leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years. The dual departure represents the most significant talent loss in AI history, coming as both OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for trillion-dollar IPOs.

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