Google's battle to retain some of the world's leading artificial intelligence talent appears to be intensifying, with two more senior researchers reportedly preparing to leave the company for rival AI startup Anthropic. The latest departures would add to a series of high-profile exits that have raised fresh questions about Google's ability to hold on to key contributors behind its Gemini AI models.

Google stock retreated on Monday amid the loss of two top artificial intelligence scientists to rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.

Alphabet lost $269 billion in market cap after two top DeepMind researchers left for OpenAI and Anthropic, raising concerns about Google's AI talent

Google appears to be hemorrhaging key AI researchers to competitors.