How Microsoft vs Google DeepMind talent war is also ‘battle’ between two CEOs who co-founded the company that is biggest name in AI
Microsoft has recruited more than 24 artificial intelligence employees from Google’s DeepMind research division in recent months, marking the latest escalation in a talent war that has taken on deeply personal dimensions between two childhood friends who co-founded the AI lab that became the industry’s most influential name.
Amar Subramanya, the former head of engineering for Google’s Gemini chatbot, became the latest high-profile defection when he announced his appointment as corporate vice-president of AI at Microsoft on Tuesday.
