DeepMind's UK Garden Leave Rules Blamed for Stifling AI Startups

Former Google DeepMind staff say the lab's UK arm forces senior researchers into one-year garden leave deals—six months for juniors—unlike California's immediate-startup freedom, leaving the UK AI startup scene trailing Silicon Valley and prompting calls to scrap the rule.

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