BUZZ-Alphabet down; report says Google set to lose two more AI staffers

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** Shares of Google parent Alphabet GOOGL.O down 1.1% at $342.36

** Two leading AI researchers at Google are planning to leave the company for AI startup Anthropic, Bloomberg News reports, citing people familiar with the matter

** Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Google’s Gemini AI model, are set to move to the Claude maker - Bloomberg News

** The release date for Google's next frontier AI model has been pushed to July, Business Insider reports, citing a person familiar with the matter

** Last week, senior research scientist John Jumper said he would leave Google DeepMind to join Anthropic

** Noam Shazeer, a VP of engineering at Google and co-lead of its Gemini AI models, has also said earlier this month he would leave the company to join OpenAI

** Up to last close, GOOGL up ~11% this year