{"id":517007,"date":"2026-06-25T02:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517007\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:56:13","slug":"ai-researchers-continue-to-leave-google-for-its-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517007\/","title":{"rendered":"AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-24\/google-poised-to-lose-two-more-high-profile-ai-staffers-to-anthropic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloomberg<\/a>. Per the report, Adler and Pritzel played key roles in the development of Google\u2019s Gemini model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch reached out to Google for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These departures are part of a concerning trend for Google. Last week, legendary AI researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/08\/02\/character-ai-ceo-noam-shazeer-returns-to-google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Noam Shazeer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NoamShazeer\/status\/2067400851438932297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/18\/openai-is-bringing-on-some-big-guns-in-the-lead-up-to-its-ipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">leaving Google<\/a> for OpenAI. Shazeer had been at Google since 2000, save for the three years he spent building his <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/07\/google-and-character-ai-negotiate-first-major-settlements-in-teen-chatbot-death-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">controversial<\/a> chatbot startup, Character.AI (which Google effectively acqui-hired for $2.7 billion, in part to bring Shazeer back to work on Gemini).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just days after Shazeer made his announcement, Google DeepMind director <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/20\/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">John Jumper<\/a> said he was leaving Google for Anthropic. Alongside DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Jumper won the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/09\/deepminds-demis-hassabis-and-john-jumper-scoop-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-alphafold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a> for his work on AlphaFold, which can predict 3D protein structures from animo acid sequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As OpenAI and Anthropic <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/06\/14\/as-ai-companies-race-to-go-public-who-else-is-along-for-the-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">prepare to go public<\/a>, this trend could continue \u2014 it\u2019s a great time for the companies to recruit top AI talent with a promise of equity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, according to Bloomberg. 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