AI arms race intensifies! OpenAI poaches star researcher from Google (GOOGL.US) on the eve of sprinting towards a trillion-dollar valuation IPO.

According to Zhitong Finance APP, Noam Shazeer, a prominent researcher at Google (GOOGL.US), has announced his resignation and joined OpenAI. This talent loss has dealt a heavy blow to Google in the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. Currently, OpenAI is actively advancing towards its listing plan, and its overall valuation is expected to exceed 1 trillion US dollars after listing.