Noam Shazeer, Gemini Co-Lead, Defects from Google to OpenAI Ahead of IPO

Noam Shazeer — VP of engineering at Google, co-lead of Gemini, and one of the original Transformer paper authors — is leaving for OpenAI as the company prepares its public offering. The move marks one of the highest-profile AI talent transfers since Shazeer's prior departure and return to Google.