The AI talent wars are heating up again. In the battle for stars, Google is losing out.

Noam Shazeer is leaving Google to join OpenAI. Winni Wintermeyer for The Washington Post via Getty Images A series of high-profile AI moves in recent weeks has upped the ante in the race for top talent. The difference this time? The caliber of the talent that's moving around. It's a boon for Anthropic — and a loss for Google, whose shares slid on Monday. A Nobel laureate, an OpenAI cofounder, and the architect of modern AI announced they're joining new AI labs. It reads like the opening of ...