SMRTR TechApr 8, 2025Interesting Engineering

Google’s billion-dollar benchwarmers: AI experts paid to sit idle than defect to OpenAI

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Google's AI division DeepMind is reportedly using noncompete agreements to prevent top employees from joining rival companies in the UK. This strategy aims to retain crucial AI talent amid intensifying competition, with DeepMind offering to pay wages for up to 12 months after employees leave to join competitors.

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