Dossier
AI talent war
Coverage of AI talent war in the Nexus archive.
- A Google veteran who founded Character.AI is jumping to OpenAI
Noam Shazeer, a Google veteran and founder of Character.AI, is leaving Google to join OpenAI. His move reflects intensifying competition for AI talent among major tech companies. Shazeer was a key contributor to Google's early large language model development and co-led the Gemini project.
- China's AI talent war heats up
China and its tech companies are intensifying efforts to retain top AI talent amid rising competition with the US. Restrictions on overseas travel for AI officials at Alibaba and DeepSeek, along with high incentives like stock options and an $18 million salary offer, reflect a domestic and international talent race mirroring Silicon Valley's practices.