AlphaFold lead John Jumper departs Google DeepMind for Anthropic but must complete a mandatory 12-month garden leave

@iScienceLuvr It's a GDM UK thing because they are scared shitless. Nando wrote a long rant about it on here after he left (rightfully so)

Would be funny if Jumper starts cultivating peas a la Mendel and starts working on genetics.

@iScienceLuvr GDM London contracts notorious for this

@iScienceLuvr It's enforceable in the UK, it's not enforceable in California is why.

@iScienceLuvr Surprised it would be enforceable — unless he took a *lot* of cash to serve the time.

@renegadesilicon Yeah I mean how much cash is even worth it to delay your position at Anthropic by a year? That's really wild.

@herbiebradley Yeah TIL

@iScienceLuvr uk moment

@SkyLi0n OHHHHH

@iScienceLuvr Enough that a court would likely enforce it 😁

@iScienceLuvr what if you're wrong about anthropic's next 2 years? then the cash looks right in hindsight. that's the real bet you're making.

@deliprao 这孟德尔转世要是搞起豆子基因研究还真带感

@iScienceLuvr A year in AI is an eternity. Whole architectures change in that time 🙄