Google spends $2.7 billion to re-engage its AI researcher

Google is reportedly looking to rehire its former AI researcher Noam Shazeer and use his latest project. 2.7 billion dollars has spent The staggering amount that Google paid for this job shows the importance of the computer scientist’s expertise to the tech giants.

In 2021, after 21 years at Google, Shazier left the company to start his own startup called Character.AI to establish The main service of this startup allows users to create chatbots based on fictional characters or well-known faces and interact with them.

While Google cited the license to receive the startup’s technology as the official reason for spending $2.7 billion, the Wall Street Journal wrote in its report: “Shazier’s return is largely the main reason” for this deal.

It is noteworthy that Google’s contract shows how much technology companies are willing to spend to compete in the field of artificial intelligence. Of course, Silicon Valley companies’ investments in AI startups have recently come under heavy scrutiny from regulatory agencies.

Opportunity burning in the field of artificial intelligence; The main reason for the resignation of the Google scientist

Shazeer has been one of the mainstays of Google’s early efforts to develop artificial intelligence. His 2017 paper is largely considered to be the beginning of today’s major language models. He also claims on his LinkedIn: “I have invented a large part of the current revolution of large language models.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that the computer scientist is after Google in 2021 because of security concerns of the chatbot named Meena did not publish, he left the company. OpenAI released ChatGPT a year later, only for Google to miss a huge opportunity.

Shazier wasn’t the only recipient of Google’s $2.7 billion, but he did get hundreds of millions of dollars in equity in his startup as part of the deal, Wall Street Journal sources said. Also, Shazier did not sell this startup completely.