Google Takes a Big Hit in the AI Talent War 🔥

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

The AI talent war is still going strong. Just a day after Google announced its gold medal–winning model, reports have emerged that it lost some of the researchers behind it to Meta, and several others to Microsoft.

Let’s get into it!

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Google Loses Top Researchers to Meta and Microsoft

• Amazon Buys AI Wearable That Listens to Everything You Say

• AI Tutorial: 7 prompts to get the most out of ChatGPT

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

GOOGLE

Google Loses Top Researchers to Meta and Microsoft

Google DeepMind has become a prime target in the ongoing battle for top talent. The company has recently lost around 23 key AI researchers to Meta and Microsoft, as both prepare to scale their AI efforts.

Details:

• Meta Platforms has hired Tianhe Yu, Cosmo Du, and Weiyue Wang—three AI researchers from Google DeepMind who worked on a version of Google’s Gemini model, which was recently recognized for achieving gold-level performance in this year’s International Math Olympiad.

• The Financial Times also reported that Microsoft has poached more than 20 employees from Google DeepMind over the past six months. Among them are Amar Subramanya, the former head of engineering for Google’s Gemini chatbot, and Adam Sadovsky, who spent 18 years at Google.

• Microsoft’s new recruits are joining its AI group led by Mustafa Suleyman, who reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella.

Suleyman, a co-founder of DeepMind, appears especially motivated to bring over talent from his former company, where he spent several years. Meanwhile, Meta is also aggressively hiring AI talent from across the industry—including researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI. With these latest additions, Meta has now hired at least six researchers from Google DeepMind.

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AMAZON

Amazon Buys AI Wearable That Listens to Everything You Say

Amazon has announced its acquisition of Bee, a startup known for its AI-powered wearable device that listens to conversations and provides personalized insights.

Details:

• Bee’s $49.99 wearable device uses AI to transcribe conversations and generate summaries, reminders, and suggestions through its app.

• Users can allow the device to access emails, contacts, location, and more to create a searchable history of their activities.

• Bee has a policy against storing audio, and Amazon assures customers that privacy and security will remain a priority.

Bee CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo said on LinkedIn that the company is joining Amazon to help “bring truly personal, agentic AI to even more customers.” While the terms of the acquisition haven’t been disclosed, all Bee employees have reportedly received offers to join Amazon.

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AI Tutorial

7 prompts to get the most out of ChatGPT

Using the right prompts saves time by reducing the need for additional prompts or follow-up questions. Here are 7 you can use to maximize ChatGPT's usefulness:

1. Idea Generation

“I’m looking for help brainstorming ideas for [ a campaign, product, etc ]. Could you share 10 unique ideas or approaches, each with a short explanation?”

2. Understanding Complex Topics

“Explain [topic] to me as if I were [a beginner, a student, or an expert]. Use examples or analogies to make it easier to understand.”

3. Writing Assistance

“Help me write [ a blog post, a cold email, etc]. The topic or goal is: [ provide details]. Could you create an outline or a first draft for me?”

4. Getting Personalized Recommendations

“Based on my [circumstances, interests, or requirements], can you recommend [books, movies, strategies, tools, etc.] and explain why they might be a good fit?”

5. Optimizing your workflow

Help me improve my workflow for [a specific task or project]. Recommend tools, strategies, or AI-driven solutions that could save time or enhance quality.

6. Help with decision-making

"I’m dealing with [specific challenge or decision]. Can you provide a step-by-step plan to tackle this, including possible risks and ways to manage them?"

7. Learning new skills

"I’m interested in learning [desired skill or topic of interest]. Can you create a 30-day plan with daily tasks to help me learn the basics?”

AI Tools to check out

📽 Veed: AI video editor with text to video, avatars, auto-subtitles, voice translations and more.

✨ Magic Animator: Animate your designs in seconds with AI.

🧠 Ponder: Explore, connect, and evolve your thinking — without switching tools.

👀 Boomi AgentStudio: Simply design, govern, and orchestrate all AI agents at scale to unlock hyperproductivity responsibly.

📖 15minutes: It delivers comprehensive book summaries, audiobook summaries, and detailed analysis.

AI Findings/Resources

💡 Hyung Won, a research scientist from OpenAI, shares his perspective on how AI is reshaping opportunities to create wealth in the new economy

🤔 Beyond anti-intelligence: Where AGI might live

🔍 How to spot fake AI photos

🛒 I sent ChatGPT Agent out to shop for me

📞 Angry callers accusing real customer support staff of being AI

The latest in AI and Tech

Apple launches iOS 26 beta 4 for developers

This update reintroduces AI-powered notification summaries for news, after the feature was paused earlier this year for repeatedly sending users error-filled headlines, which prompted backlash from a news organization and press freedom groups.

xAI is targeting 50M GPUs by 2030

After Sam Altman announced plans to run well over 1 million GPUs by the end of this year, Elon Musk tweeted that xAI is aiming for compute power equivalent to 50 million Nvidia H100 GPUs within five years.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite now 'generally available'

Google's “fastest and most cost-efficient” ($0.10 input per 1M, $0.40 output per 1M) Gemini model is now stable and generally available, following a month-long preview.

xAI’s Project Skippy asked employees to record videos of their facial expressions to help "give Grok a face"

The move was part of efforts to help Grok better understand human emotions, according to a report from Business Insider. As part of the process, xAI reportedly had employees sign a form granting the company rights to their “likeness” for training purposes and for use in the “promotion of commercial products and services.”

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