Noam Shazeer, an AI pioneer, returns to Google as VP after the company acquires Character.AI for $2.7 billion. This move highlights Google's aggressiv

Noam Shazeer, 48, was one of Google's early hires, joining the company in 2000. A talented software engineer, Shazeer made his mark in AI, becoming a key figure in Google's early AI development.

Noam Shazeer’s relationship with Google dates back to 2000, when he was among the company’s first few hundred employees.

The $ 2.7 billion Google spent is not the only reason Noam Shazeer’s return is attracting attention. Here are other aspects of the deal

Google reportedly paid an eye-popping $2.7 billion to lure back a former employee who quit three years ago when the search giant refused to release the chatbot he had developed.

All you need to know about the remarkable return of AI engineer Noam Shazeer to Google with a staggering $2.1 billion package.

Google acquired Noam Shazeer's AI startup Character.AI in a $2.7 billion deal with a stipulation that Shazeer starts working for them again