Two more Gemini researchers leave Google for Anthropic

AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both key to Google's Gemini model, are joining Anthropic. This follows Noam Shazeer's move to OpenAI and Nobel laureate John Jumper's jump to Anthropic last week. Google spent $2.7B to bring Shazeer back from Character.AI for Gemini—and still lost him. The post doesn't say what Google is doing to stop the bleeding.

Why it matters: Four high-profile departures from Google's Gemini team, including Shazeer and Jumper, form a trackable talent drain signal. TechCrunch broke it with names and timeline — not rumor. Capped below 85 because it's a personnel report without hard product impact or internal cause de...