Precisely. IN California. And it is the Californian corporations enforcing it here. They should know better. These are the same corporations that lure AI researchers by saying they believe in equal opportunity and want AI to benefit all of humanity. So sad really. The executives
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AI Talent Should Never Sign More Than Three Months
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With any other corporation, not just Google, talented AI researchers and engineer should NOT sign more than 3 months ever. Yes IT IS OPTIONAL. They are all desperate for your talent. Let’s face it, neither Elon nor any other executive in any AI corporation can code a diffusion
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Talented AI Workers Should Never Sign Beyond Three Months
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Yes. With any company, not just google, talented people like you should NOT sign more than 3 months ever. They are all desperate for your talent. Let’s face it, neither Elon, nor any other executive in any AI corporation can code a diffusion model to save their lives. Let alone
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Top Math AI Team with Sasha Novikov Highly Recommended
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This is one of the best teams in the world for advancing math with AI, and @SashaVNovikov is not only gifted, but one of the nicest people I’ve worked with. Highly recommended, but don’t sign their noncompete
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Microsoft Bing Search Gets Major AI Boost with Copilot
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Search just got a huge AI boost @bing @Copilot @MicrosoftAI …. More to come!
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Microsoft Multimodal AI Takes Off After Six Months
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Only 6 months old but multimodal AI at @MicrosoftAI is taking off. Fun and exciting times! https://t.co/RsNNuZ8tr0
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 4 avril 2025Only 6 months old but multimodal AI at @MicrosoftAI is taking off. Fun and exciting times!
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Speaking Up: Ethics and Dialogue in American AI Development
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Above all: Speak up just like I’m speaking up. We want to bring AI to a world where people can speak up and engage in respectful dialogue about ethical choices. American AI companies need this too to stay competitive and allow good ideas to thrive.
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DeepMind Employees Escape Clauses and Recruitment Pressure
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Dear @GoogDeepMind ers, First, congrats on the new impressive models. Every week one of you reaches out to me in despair to ask me how to escape your notice periods and noncompetes. Also asking me for a job because your manager has explained this is the way to get promoted, but
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DeepMind’s restrictive employment contracts spark talent exodus concerns
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Now that you’re finally ahead on these benchmarks, would you consider getting rid of your aggressive practice of notice periods and noncompetes in Europe? Every week someone from @GoogleDeepMind reaches out to me in despair to ask me how to get out of their 6 month to 1 year
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China’s Leading AI Research: DeepSeek, Kling, and Alibaba Qwen
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This is a brilliant podcast. Highly recommended by @arkitus and I.
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 25 mars 2025
I liked the points on China. I’ll go farther. I think some of the best AI research is now happening in China. No doubt @deepseek_ai, @Kling_ai and @Alibaba_Qwen models are among the best. It seems rather futile… https://t.co/iUZTfMhFIVThis is a brilliant podcast. Highly recommended by @arkitus and I. I liked the points on China. I’ll go farther. I think some of the best AI research is now happening in China. No doubt @deepseek_ai
, @Kling_ai and @Alibaba_Qwen models are among the best. It seems rather futile