GOOGLE LOSES TWO AI GIANTS IN 48 HOURS — SHAZEER TO OPENAI, JUMPER TO ANTHROPICTALENT
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In a stunning 48-hour stretch, Google DeepMind lost two of the most important AI researchers alive. Noam Shazeer — co-author of “Attention Is All You Need” and Gemini co-lead — announced he is joining OpenAI in a reported $2.7 billion deal. One day later, John Jumper, Nobel Prize laureate and creator of AlphaFold, confirmed he is leaving for Anthropic. Google had spent $2.7 billion just two years ago to bring Shazeer back from his own startup.
Sources: CNBC · Fortune
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CHATGPT FALLS BELOW 50% MARKET SHARE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERMARKET
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ChatGPT’s market share among AI assistants has dropped below 50% for the first time ever, according to usage data from late June 2026. The platform commanded roughly 80% of the AI assistant market at its 2023 peak. The decline reflects intensifying competition from Google Gemini, Claude, and Grok — as well as the ripple effect of the Fable 5 export ban pushing many Anthropic users to try rival platforms.
Sources: Unrot.co June 25 Roundup · BuildFastWithAI
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CHINA AI RAISES $7.4 BILLION IN ONE WEEK — RECORD SURGE SPARKED BY FABLE 5 BANFUNDING
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China’s AI sector raised a record $7.4 billion in a single week — the largest single-week AI fundraising total in Chinese history — partly in direct response to the US export ban on Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Investors poured money into Kimi (Moonshot AI), Zhipu AI, and Baidu AI Cloud, seeing the export controls as an opportunity to develop home-grown alternatives.
Sources: Unrot.co June 25 Roundup · AI News