# Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer joins OpenAI after two-year return stint

> Noam Shazeer is leaving Google for OpenAI. The co-author of what's arguably the most influential AI paper ever written, "Attention Is All You Need," served as Vice President of Engineering at Google and co-led the…

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- **Published:** 2026-06-18
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #google #openai #gemini #anthropic #ai
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