By Nishit Singh Raghuwanshi

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The AI talent war that is going on globally between the tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, Google, Grok, and Apple is not hidden from anyone. And OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been pretty vocal against the poaching cases. Now, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has also joined the table by talking briefly about the poaching fiasco going on in the industry. According to a report published by Business Insider, Pichai acknowledged the growing competition from Microsoft and even OpenAI. He said, “I do know individual cases can make headlines. But when we look at the numbers deeply, I think we are doing well through this moment.” All in all, Pichai conveyed that their retention metrics are not on the suffering side. He moved on to say, “We continue to look at both our retention metrics, as well as the new talent coming in, and both are healthy.” However, Google refused to share the specific figures with Business Insider. What The Analysts Have To Say? As per the Business Insider report, analyst Bernstein’s Mark Shmhulik showed his concerns related to the increasing costs of leading the AI innovation race. Another report by SignalFire said that researchers are 11 times more likely to leave Google for Anthropic. Also Read: Tech Layoffs: Google Removes 200 Workers Who Helped In AI Rating, Here Is Why On the other hand, Pichai also conveyed a simple yet powerful message that retaining the top talent is not always about offering monstrous packages. Now, one cannot completely deny that the talent war is going to have an impact on Google or any other tech giants in the future. But yes, Pichai’s confidence in the way things are shows that Google got everything under control for now. Next, it will be interesting to see how things pan out in the future for Google, Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, and OpenAI. Get Latest News live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Technology Science and around the world.