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Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration
Wednesday September 25, 2024. 06:04 PM , from Slashdot
Google wrote Character a check for around $2.7 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal. The official reason for the payment was to license Character's technology. But the deal included another component: Shazeer agreed to work for Google again. Within Google, Shazeeer's return is widely viewed as the primary reason the company agreed to pay the multibillion-dollar licensing fee. The arrangement has thrust him into the middle of a debate in Silicon Valley about whether tech giants are overspending in the race to develop cutting-edge AI, which some believe will define the future of computing. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/25/164213/google-paid-27-billion-to-bring-back-an-ai-genius-wh...
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