CNN/RNZ: Google, Character.AI settle lawsuits over teen suicides, mental health. “A Wednesday (US Time) court filing in Garcia’s case shows the agreement was reached with Character.AI, Character.AI founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and Google, who were also named as defendants in the case. The defendants have also settled four other cases in New York, Colorado and Texas, court […]

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#NoamShazeer, 48. #softwareengineer #AIexpert
#Google apparently paid $2.7 billion to bring him back.
He left the company three years ago after a disagreement over a #chatbot that he co-developed
He along with a colleague #DanieldeFreitas founded #CharacterAI
https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/meet-noam-shazeer-the-ai-genius-whom-google-reportedly-paid-27-billion-to-rehire-check-details-447863-2024-09-27