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But as the \u003Cem>Wall Street Journal\u003C/em> reports, "Shazeer's return is widely viewed as the primary reason" as to why the tech giant cut the check.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The deal highlights just how much money tech companies are spending to get a potential edge in the \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/how-to-use-artificial-intelligence-ai-for-lead-generation\">AI\u003C/a> arms race. In parallel, Silicon Valley investors have grown very concerned as of late that companies like Google or Microsoft are throwing away countless billions of dollars with no return in sight, inflating a massive bubble that is set to burst.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Look no further than a company spending nearly three billion on getting a single engineer to come back.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>"Noam is clearly a great person in that space," Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory director Christopher Manning told the \u003Cem>WSJ\u003C/em>. But is he "20 times as good as other people?"\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Window Shopping\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-20/google-ai-1.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Get a Single AI Researcher Back\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"168\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-20/google-ai-1.jpeg\" width=\"299\" />\u003C/picture>While Shazeer wasn't the sole or direct recipient of Google's $2.7 billion, he raked in hundreds of millions of dollars from his stake in the startup as part of the deal, sources told the \u003Cem>WSJ\u003C/em>. That's still a massive paycheck, especially considering Shazeer didn't sell his company.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Shazeer was a foundational part of Google's early efforts to develop AI. A 2017 paper he coauthored is largely seen as the early dawn of the large language models as we know them today.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>And he isn't shy about his contributions. On his LinkedIn, he claims that "I have invented much of the current revolution in large language models."\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>The computer scientist left Google after the company refused to release a chatbot dubbed Meena to the public in 2021, citing safety concerns, per the \u003Cem>WSJ\u003C/em>. Ironically, OpenAI released \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/you-can-insert-false-memories-into-chatgpt-researcher-finds\">ChatGPT\u003C/a> one year later, highlighting a massive wasted opportunity for Google.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cpicture class=\"image-align-left\">\u003Csource srcset=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-20/google-ai-6.webp\" type=\"image/webp\">\u003Cimg alt=\"Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Get a Single AI Researcher Back\" class=\"image-align-left\" height=\"200\" src=\"https://cdn.quasa.io/photos/foto-20/google-ai-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" />\u003C/picture>In August, news emerged that Shazeer would return to Google as part of Google's parent company Alphabet's deal with Character.AI.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Several other similar deals show that tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon are racing to secure AI researchers like Shazeer. In June, for instance, Amazon hired top executives from an \u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/10-ways-artificial-intelligence-ai-is-changing-devops-completely\">AI\u003C/a> startup called Adept through a technology licensing deal.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>As companies continue to pour billions into the environmentally damaging and still largely unproven tech, though, investors are starting to ask some tough questions.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Should they really be paying several billion dollars to get the expertise of a single hire — or is it a colossal waste of money that won't ever see a return? All we can do is watch the situation play out.\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cp>Also read:\u003C/p>\n\n\u003Cul>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/benefits-of-hiring-a-business-blogger\">Benefits of Hiring a Business Blogger\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/seo-for-lawyers\">SEO for Lawyers\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\t\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://quasa.io/media/what-is-a-content-map\">What is a Content Map\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\n\u003Cp>Thank you!\u003Cbr />\nJoin us on social media!\u003Cbr />\nSee 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