
The $2.7 Billion Comeback: Why Google Paid a Fortune to Rehire AI Pioneer Noam Shazeer
In a jaw-dropping move, Google has paid a staggering $2.7 billion to rehire Noam Shazeer, a 48-year-old AI genius who once left the tech giant to launch his own startup. Shazeer, a key figure in the AI revolution, initially departed Google in 2021 after his request to release a chatbot—developed with colleague Daniel De Freitas—was…