Microsoft AI VP Nando de Freitas acknowledged Google’s DeepMind for its new AI models while addressing restrictive employment contracts at DeepMind. He received multiple requests for help from distressed DeepMind employees regarding notice periods and noncompete agreements but directed them to internal leadership instead.
Microsoft AI Vice President Nando de Freitas publicly acknowledged Google DeepMind’s latest AI models while simultaneously rebuffing employee requests for help escaping restrictive employment contracts, according to a tweet posted Wednesday.
“First, congrats on the new impressive models,” wrote de Freitas, a former DeepMind director who now serves as a Microsoft executive. He then revealed that DeepMind employees regularly contact him “in despair” seeking…