Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel depart Google for Anthropic

Researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following other recent departures including Noam Shazeer and John Jumper. The talent drain highlights competition between major AI labs for frontier researchers.

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