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In some instances, AI staff can be subjected to excruciatingly long paid time off (PTO).

Given the sensitive nature of our work, we use noncompetes selectively to protect our legitimate interests."

A general view of the Google DeepMind offices

Google DeepMind offices.

“Who wants to sign you for starting in a year?”

indicated a former DeepMind employee.

“That’s forever in AI.”

Sergey Brin attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies and developer of AlphaGO, attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023 in Bletchley, England.

Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO talks on Day 1 of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park at Bletchley Park on November 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England.

Closeup computer code on screen, Man programmer, software developer coding and programming on laptop.

Tobias Lutke, founder and chief executive officer of Shopify Inc.

Amjad Masad, Co-founder & CEO, Replit.

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates speaks with a microphone

American philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates speaks at an event in New Delhi on March 19, 2025.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

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Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.