Google is paying top AI techies to do… absolutely nothing? Here's why

Google is paying top AI employees, particularly from DeepMind, to stay idle through noncompete and “garden leave” agreements, aiming to prevent them from joining competitors. While Google defends this move as a strategy to safeguard innovation, critics argue it hampers career growth and is exploitative. The company’s approach of keeping AI experts in a “golden cage” has ignited significant controversy amid the intensifying AI competition.

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