Two leading AI researchers at Alphabet's Google plan to leave to join competitor Anthropic, people familiar with the matter said. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both seen internally as key contributors to Google's GEMINI model, are expected to move to Anthropic. Adler worked on the company's AI programming projects; Pritzel worked on training AI systems. The moves add to a series of high-profile departures and could weaken Google's position in AI.

2026-06-25

Two leading AI researchers at Alphabet's Google plan to leave to join competitor Anthropic, people familiar with the matter said. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both seen internally as key contributors to Google's GEMINI model, are expected to move to Anthropic. Adler worked on the company's AI programming projects; Pritzel worked on training AI systems. The moves add to a series of high-profile departures and could weaken Google's position in AI.