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Paid to do nothing for a year: Google AI rule that UK PM Andy Burnham wants gone
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The UK plans to legislate against non-compete clauses, PM Andy Burnham announced in Manchester, calling them a drag on innovation. The move hits Google DeepMind, where some London staff were reportedly barred from joining rivals for up to a year, often on paid garden leave. It comes as DeepMind researchers, including Nobel laureate John Jumper and Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer, leave for Anthropic and OpenAI.
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