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Noam Shazeer Leaves Google Again, Joins OpenAI
How 6 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
75% centerFirst reported by Calcalist · Jun 18, 2026
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What happened
AI researcher Noam Shazeer has left Google and joined OpenAI. The move follows Google’s unusual $3 billion effort to bring him back in 2024, after he previously left to found a successful chatbot startup.
- 01Noam Shazeer is leaving Google and joining OpenAI.
- 02Google brought him back in a roughly $3 billion deal about two years ago.
- 03Shazeer helped lay the groundwork for modern AI model technology.
- 04He recently drew internal criticism over comments about Gaza-related technology use.
- 05OpenAI has not yet announced his formal role.
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