AI Talent War Escalates as DeepMind Loses Top Researchers

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Google DeepMind saw two high-profile departures within days—Noam Shazeer to OpenAI and John Jumper to Anthropic—highlighting a broader industry talent drain as AI labs chase a few pivotal researchers who guide major projects, with leadership, computing power, and IPO prospects shaping where top scientists work.
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