2026-06-18
Google’s Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAI
Noam Shazeer is leaving Google for OpenAI. The man widely credited as a principal architect of Google’s Gemini models and a co-author of the 2017 transformer paper that underpins virtually every modern large language model announced the move himself, on X: “I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-18
SK Hynix ships first 12-layer HBM4E samples to AI customers
SK Hynix said on Thursday that it had begun shipping samples of HBM4E, its next generation of high-bandwidth memory for AI, to major customers. The number that matters is the one the chipmaker is leading with: a 12-layer stack reaching 48GB of capacity, running at up to 16Gbps per pin, with power efficiency improved by […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-18
Meta executive leading internal AI overhaul departs after two months
The memo, when it came, was about a transition rather than a departure. Emily Dalton Smith, the Meta executive who had spent barely two months running the company’s push to reorganise itself around AI agents, is leaving. She joined Meta in 2015. She is going just as the work she was hired to lead was […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
