Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was CourtingIn a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.
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