{"id":107685,"date":"2024-09-27T22:50:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107685"},"modified":"2024-09-27T22:50:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:50:47","slug":"why-google-paid-2-7-billion-to-rehire-48-year-old-ai-genius-noam-shazeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107685","title":{"rendered":"Why Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire 48-year-old AI genius Noam Shazeer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storyMainDiv\" data-vars-storyid=\"101727439968835\" data-story-section=\"business\" data-story-subsection=\"\" data-vars-author=\"\">\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"scorecardIframe\" src=\"https:\/\/images.hindustantimes.com\/images\/amp\/cricket-scorecard-v3.html?q=&amp;r=150&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/business\/when-google-paid-2-7-billion-to-rehire-48-year-old-ai-genius-noam-shazeer-101727439968835.html&amp;title=Why Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire 48-year-old AI genius Noam Shazeer&amp;section=Business&amp;subSection=&amp;impression=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"0px\" style=\"display:block\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div class=\"actionDiv flexElm topTime\">\n<p> Sep 27, 2024 08:41 PM IST <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sortDec\">Google pays $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who left to found Character.AI. Noam Shazeer returns to lead efforts on Gemini.<\/h2>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.hindustantimes.com\/pf\/pf-loan-mobile.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div class=\"storyDetails taboola-readmore\">\n<div class=\"detail \" dataid=\"\/business\/when-google-paid-2-7-billion-to-rehire-48-year-old-ai-genius-noam-shazeer-101727439968835.html\">\n<div class=\"storyParagraphFigure\">\n<p>Google had to pay $2.7 billion to rehire artificial intelligence genius Noam Shazeer who left the tech giant to found his own startup. The 48-year-old software engineer was hired by Google in 2000 and he left the company in 2021 after it refused his request to release a chat bot that he had developed with a colleague Daniel De Freitas, The Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\"> <span> <picture><source media=\"(max-width:767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2024\/09\/27\/400x225\/ALPHABET-DATA-FINLAND-0_1716315672610_1727440593115.JPG\" alt=\"Noam Shazeer, a key AI figure, is back at Google for $2.7 billion after founding Character.AI. His return is seen as pivotal for the company\u2019s AI advancements, including the development of Gemini.(Reuters)\" title=\"Noam Shazeer, a key AI figure, is back at Google for $2.7 billion after founding Character.AI. His return is seen as pivotal for the company\u2019s AI advancements, including the development of Gemini.(Reuters)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2024\/09\/27\/550x309\/ALPHABET-DATA-FINLAND-0_1716315672610_1727440593115.JPG\" alt=\"Noam Shazeer, a key AI figure, is back at Google for $2.7 billion after founding Character.AI. His return is seen as pivotal for the company\u2019s AI advancements, including the development of Gemini.(Reuters)\" title=\"Noam Shazeer, a key AI figure, is back at Google for $2.7 billion after founding Character.AI. His return is seen as pivotal for the company\u2019s AI advancements, including the development of Gemini.(Reuters)\"\/> <\/picture> <\/span><figcaption>Noam Shazeer, a key AI figure, is back at Google for $2.7 billion after founding Character.AI. His return is seen as pivotal for the company\u2019s AI advancements, including the development of Gemini.(Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas went on to found Character.AI which became one of the hottest AI startups in Silicon Valley and reached a $1 billion valuation last year. After this, Google announced that both of them are joining Google\u2019s AI unit DeepMind and the Sundar Pichai company paid Character.AI $2.7 billion to license its technology as well as to get Noam Shazeer to work for the company, The Wall Street Journal said in its report.<\/p>\n<p>The licensing deal allows Google to immediately access Character.AI\u2019s intellectual property without having to wait for the regulatory approval. The report added that Noam Shazeer\u2019s return to Google is being viewed among s the primary reason behind the acquisition of Character.AI by the company&#8217;s employees.<\/p>\n<p>Even former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was reportedly impressed with Noam Shazeer which resulted in the latter being able to build an AI model that could operate with human-level intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s anybody I can think of in the world who\u2019s likely to do it, it\u2019s going to be him,\u201d Eric Schmidt was quoted as saying of Noam Shazeer in 2015. In 2017, Noam Shazeer also created Meena, a chat bot that could engage humans on a range of issues. At the time, he was so confident of Meena\u2019s utility that he predicted it would one day replace Google\u2019s search engine. But Google bosses thought that it was too risky to release Meena due to concerns about safety and fairness, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n<p>Noam Shazeer will now lead the company\u2019s efforts to build the next version of Gemini, Google\u2019s next-generation AI model built to compete with rivals such as OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"followHT\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;\">\n<p> Stay updated with the&#8230; <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"moreBtn\" id=\"spanSeeMoreEcho\">See more<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"mb5 mt10\" id=\"bottomBreadCrumb\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\">News<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/business\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Business_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/business\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Business\">Business<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> Why Google paid $2.7 billion to rehire 48-year-old AI genius Noam Shazeer <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/business\/when-google-paid-2-7-billion-to-rehire-48-year-old-ai-genius-noam-shazeer-101727439968835.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 27, 2024 08:41 PM IST Google pays $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who left to found Character.AI. 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