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Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals | TechCrunch

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Google ’s AI division, DeepMind , has resorted to using “aggressive” noncompete agreements for some AI staff in the U.K. that bar them from working for competitors for up to a year .

Some are paid during this time, in what amounts to a lengthy stretch of PTO .

The practice can make researchers feel left out of the quick pace of AI progress.

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