Google's shares have reached record highs, with Gemini also achieving a record number of users, raising the question of who is leading the AI war.
The company's ability to attract top talent, such as Noam Shazeer, who was paid $2.7 billion to return, highlights Google's strength in the field of AI.
Google has the best AI people.
Shazeer, known for co-authoring the original transformer paper, which laid the foundation for AI chatbots like ChatGPT, is often referred to as the "godfather of modern AI".
Google's ability to attract the top 0.001% of talent is due to its competitive pay and excellent work conditions.
Author's summary: Google leads the AI race with top talent.