April 8, 2012 - InAIfield,Google, OpenAI, and other tech giants are becoming more competitive with each other, and retaining top AI talent has become a major challenge. According to Business Insider, Google's AI division DeepMindIn order to prevent employees from going to competitors, the company has adopted a "radical" approach.non-competition agreement.
Such agreements provide that some UK-based employees are not allowed to work for a competitor for one year after leaving. During this periodDeepMind pays employees even though they don't need to workThis amounts to a long period of paid vacation. However, this practice has left some researchers feeling marginalized because they are not able to participate in the rapid development of the AI industry.
In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned most non-compete agreements in the last year, theBut the rule does not apply to DeepMind's headquarters in London.
1AI notes that last month, Microsoft's vice president of artificial intelligence posted on the X platform that DeepMind employees were "desperate" for help because they were having trouble getting out of non-compete clauses.
In response, Google said it uses non-compete agreements "selectively".