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

Amid debate on whether tech companies are overspending on AI, Google’s pricey reunion with Noam Shazeer draws attention.

Google recently paid $2.7 billion to rehire 48-year-old AI expert Noam Shazeer, an industry pioneer and co-founder of Character.AI.

Just last month, Google and Character.AI revealed that Shazeer, De Freitas and certain members of Character.AI’s research team would be joining Google’s AI unit DeepMind.

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