Noam Shazeer, Google's vice president of engineering and co-leader of the Gemini AI model, announced he will be leaving Google to join OpenAI.
The announcement was posted by Shazeer on X on June 18th. He said it was a difficult decision, while also expressing pride in what he had built with Google.
In his message, Shazeer stated that he looks forward to working with the OpenAI team. No further details about his specific Vai at the company have been released yet.
He was one of the senior executives associated with Gemini, so the move to OpenAI marks a significant change in Google's AI division. However, there is no further information about the direct impact on the Gemini project.
