Google inks licensing deal with Character.AI, hires its cofounders

08/02/2024

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2024.08.02 14:54

(Reuters) -Chatbot maker Character.AI said it has entered into an agreement with Alphabet (NASDAQ:)’s Google, allowing it a non-exclusive license for Character.AI’s current large language model technology.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Google logo and AI Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Character.AI’s founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, along with other members of its research team, will also join Google, the company said in a blog, adding that Dominic Perella, Character.AI’s general counsel, will become the interim CEO.

Alphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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