Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI in the latest AI talent war move.

Noam Shazeer is leaving Google for OpenAI, just two years after Google paid $2.7 billion to poach Shazeer and part of his team at CharacterAI. Why it matters: This shows the limits of acqui-hires, in which the most valuable assets can walk out the door once retention periods end.

Noam Shazeer, a vice president of engineering at Google and co-lead ​of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, said ‌on Wednesday that he will leave the company to join IPO-bound ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) vice president of engineering and Gemini AI co-lead, Noam Shazeer, said Wednesday that he is departing the company to join OpenAI (OPENAI), the ChatGPT creator that is reportedly headed toward an IPO.

Noam Shazeer, a co-lead at Gemini and the founder of Character.AI is leaving Google to join OpenAI in the latest AI talent war move.

Noam Shazeer, a vice president of engineering at Google and co-lead of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, said on Wednesday he will leave the company to join OpenAI.