Nobel winner John Jumper faces 1-year gardening leave before joining Anthropic
NandoDF · x · 2026-08-15
John Jumper, Nobel prize winner and co-creator of AlphaFold, must serve a one-year gardening leave before starting at Anthropic. Critics argue that such lengthy non-compete clauses make no sense given the current acceleration of AI, where the industry landscape changes drastically month to month.
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