Google DeepMind enforces strict non-compete clauses. In the intense competition among Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants, it is extremely difficult to retain top artificial intelligence talents. Google's artificial intelligence division, DeepMind...

Google DeepMind Enforces Strict Non - Compete Clauses

In the intense competition among Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants, it is extremely difficult to retain top artificial intelligence talent. DeepMind, the artificial intelligence division of Google, has imposed "aggressive" non - compete agreements on some of its AI employees in the UK, barring them from working for competitors for up to a year. Some employees will be paid during this period, which is equivalent to a long paid leave. However, this practice makes researchers feel excluded from the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission prohibited most non - compete agreements last year, but this regulation does not apply to DeepMind's headquarters in London. Last month, the vice president of Microsoft AI posted on the X platform, saying that DeepMind employees "desperately" sought help from him as they had difficulty getting out of the non - compete clauses.

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