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Google's DeepMind accused of paying AI staff to do nothing - as long as they don't work elsewhere
Nando de Freitas, a former DeepMind director now serving as Vice President of AI at Microsoft, recently took to social media ...
Amid AI race, Google paying DeepMind staff to do nothing for a year: What is it 'garden leave'?
Google's DeepMind division in the UK is placing some AI staff on up to one-year garden leave to hinder them from joining ...
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Google’s billion-dollar benchwarmers: AI experts paid to sit idle than defect to OpenAI
With the AI race gathering steam, retaining top AI talent has become crucial for tech heavyweights in the US. Google’s AI division, DeepMind, has allegedly devised a strategy to ensure their top AI ...
Why Google is paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year
To secure a competitive advantage in AI, Google is reportedly putting employees on upto one-year garden leave to stop them ...
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Google accused of paying employees to do nothing for up to a year to stifle AI talent migration
Google is making use of aggressive noncompete clauses and extended notice periods, leaving employees who wish to change track ...
Microsoft VP congratulates Google DeepMind for new models and tells its employees: Don't come to me for jobs, go to….
Microsoft AI VP Nando de Freitas acknowledged Google's DeepMind for its new AI models while addressing restrictive employment ...