Baidu offered $85 million to Jeffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI" finally chose to join Google

According to informed sources.BaiduThe company had offered an annual salary of up to $12 million (roughly Rs. 84.86 million) to invite the man known as "AIGeoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather," and his students joined the company but were rejected. Hinton stated, "We didn't know what we were worth."

Hinton reportedly consulted with lawyers and experts in acquisitions and devised a plan, "We would organize an auction and peddle ourselves." Eventually, Dr. Hinton and his students stopped the auction at $44 million (Rs. 310 million). While bids continued to rise, they eventually opted to join thegoogleThe

In May, Hinton announced his departure from Google. He said the move was made so he could speak freely about the risks of AI. He said he now feels some regret about the work he has been doing all his life.

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