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Craig Hale

Quite a few of the AI software engineers hired by Google in 2025 were actually ex-employees

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  • One in five of Google's AI hires last year were 'boomerang' hires returning to the company
  • Google is also hiring more workers from rival companies than previously
  • Apple also just appointed an ex-Googler as VP of AI

Google is re-hiring a number of ex-employees to help boost its AI strategy, a new CNBC report states, claiming one in five AI software engineer hires were so-called 'boomerang' employees.

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