Google lost 3 key scientists in 2 weeks as Anthropic and OpenAI poach talent

anthropic and openai poached key gemini and alphafold researchers from google. the exits include gemini contributors jonas adler and alexander pritzel, plus nobel laureate john jumper who joined anthropic days after noam shazeer left for openai. these moves signal a worsening brain drain for google deepmind as rivals leverage pre-ipo equity to attract top talent. google risks losing its competitive edge in foundational models if it cannot retain the architects of its flagship systems. expect consolidation of ai expertise at anthropic and openai as they prepare for public listings.