[Google Gemini Project Co-Lead Noam Shazeer Announces Departure to Join OpenAI] Google Vice President of Engineering and Gemini AI Model Co-Lead Noam Shazeer has announced his departure to join OpenAI. Shazeer wrote on the X platform: 'I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the amazing team there. Leaving Google was a tough decision. I am incredibly proud of everything we built together at Google.'