==== 2024-09-25 ==== Notes from https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/noam-shazeer-google-ai-deal-d3605697?mod=wknd_pos1 * Noam Shazeer * Google colleague, Daniel De Freitas * In 2017, Shazeer published a paper with seven other Google researchers called “Attention is All You Need,” detailing a computer system that could reliably predict the next word in a sequence when prompted by humans. It became the underpinning of the generative AI technology that followed. * Shazeer and De Freitas quit Google in 2021 to launch Character * “The Aarthi and Sriram Show” podcast * Google co-founder Sergey Brin played a key role in the deal to bring Shazeer back Notes from https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/real-estate-reit-stocks-bc12f3ef * Simon Property Group , Prologis , American Tower , and Crown Castle have largely diversified away from office buildings