AI & Enterprise

Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves Google to join OpenAI

Noam Shazeer (노암 샤지어), co-lead of Google’s flagship AI model Gemini, is leaving the company to join OpenAI. CNBC reported he announced the move in a post on X. Shazeer, an engineering vice president, helped lead Gemini’s development and said he looks forward to working with OpenAI’s team. The move comes less than two years after Google brought him back into DeepMind. The shift highlights intensifying competition for key AI researchers and engineers.

Industry

Samsung Electronics\' turnkey strategy aims to reverse market share in HBM4

Samsung Electronics is moving to counter rivals in the next-generation high-bandwidth memory market by bringing base die production in-house. As HBM4 increasingly requires foundry processes on the base die, Samsung is highlighting its ability to combine design, foundry and packaging in a turnkey approach. The company has signed an MOU with AMD for primary HBM4 supply and is discussing broader cooperation with Nvidia, while challenges such as wafer warpage and low yields remain.