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近日，人工智能领域迎来了一则引人注目的消息。Transformer论文的作者之一Noam Shazeer和Daniel De Freitas带领的Character.AI创始团队，与谷歌签署了一项重要协议。根据协议，谷歌将获得Character.AI的大型语言模型（LLM）技术的非独家许可，并重新雇佣了Noam Shazeer和Daniel De Freitas。
Character.AI是一家专注于个性化超级智能服务的初创公司，自2022年成立以来，该公司在人工智能领域取得了显著的进展，拥有数百万用户。然而，随着技术环境的变化，Character.AI决定与谷歌合作，以利用更多的预训练模型，并投入更多资源进行后训练，以创造更多新体验。
谷歌对此表示欢迎，并认为Noam Shazeer是机器学习领域的杰出研究员。Character.AI剩余的约140名员工将继续留在公司，而Noam Shazeer和Daniel De Freitas将加入谷歌DeepMind团队。
Character.AI的官方声明中表示，虽然Noam和Daniel创办Character.AI的目标是实现个性化超级智能，但当前技术环境的变化使得联合利用第三方LLM和自建模型成为优势。此次合作将为Character.AI提供更多的资金，以继续发展并创造新产品。
谷歌将以25亿美元的估值向Character.AI的投资者支付其股权价值，尽管公司本身并未易手。这一合作标志着Character.AI在人工智能领域的发展进入了一个新的阶段，同时也为谷歌在人工智能领域的研究带来了新的动力。
Character.AI的总法律顾问Dominic Perella将担任临时首席执行官，他曾是Snap Inc.的高管，自2023年中期以来一直是Character.AI核心领导团队的一员。
随着这一系列变动，Character.AI将继续投资于后训练能力，并灵活使用自己的或外部的大语言模型。该公司对未来的发展充满期待，并致力于通过创新型产品服务用户。
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News Title: “AI Startup Founder Returns to Google, Leading the New Chapter of Generative AI”
Keywords: Return, Acquisition, AI Startup
News Content:
In a recent development that has captured attention in the artificial intelligence (AI) community, a significant move has been made. Noam Shazeer, a co-author of the Transformer paper, and Daniel De Freitas, leading the founding team of Character.AI, have signed an important agreement with Google. According to the agreement, Google will secure a non-exclusive license to Character.AI’s large language model (LLM) technology and re-employ Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas.
Character.AI is a startup focused on personalized ultra-intelligent services. Since its establishment in 2022, the company has made notable progress in the AI field and has amassed millions of users. However, with changes in the technological landscape, Character.AI decided to partner with Google to leverage more pre-trained models and invest more resources in fine-tuning to create new experiences.
Google welcomed the move, considering Noam Shazeer a distinguished researcher in the field of machine learning. The remaining approximately 140 employees of Character.AI will continue to work at the company, while Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas will join Google’s DeepMind team.
Character.AI’s official statement noted that while the founders’ aim in establishing Character.AI was to achieve personalized ultra-intelligence, the current technological environment’s changes made it advantageous to jointly utilize third-party LLMs and build their own models. This collaboration will provide Character.AI with more funding to continue its development and create new products.
Google will pay $250 million for the equity value of Character.AI’s investors, although the company itself did not change hands. This partnership marks a new phase in the development of Character.AI in the AI field and also brings new momentum to Google’s AI research.
Dominic Perella, Character.AI’s General Counsel, will serve as the interim CEO. Perella, who has been a high-level executive at Snap Inc., has been a member of Character.AI’s core leadership team since mid-2023.
With these changes, Character.AI will continue to invest in fine-tuning capabilities and flexibly use its own or external large language models. The company is looking forward to the future with excitement and is committed to serving users through innovative products.
【来源】https://www.jiqizhixin.com/articles/2024-08-04-5
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