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Noam Shazeer is joining OpenAI

Noam Shazeer is joining OpenAI

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Noam Shazeer, co-author of the seminal 'Attention Is All You Need' paper, has left Google to join OpenAI.
What: Noam Shazeer announced his departure from Google to work with the team at OpenAI. Shazeer is widely recognized for his foundational contributions to Transformer architecture and his work on Google's search algorithms.
Why it matters: This is a significant talent shift in the AI industry, as one of the original architects of Transformer technology moves to a lead role at a primary competitor to his former employer.
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I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there.

It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.

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