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TFenrir t1_j968cot wrote

Reply to comment by Redditing-Dutchman in What’s up with DeepMind? by BobbyWOWO

They only really laid off operational staff, and closed their Edmonton office. All the Edmonton engineers were offered roles in Toronto/Montreal offices.

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Redditing-Dutchman t1_j96t4el wrote

Ok thats good to hear. So it wasn't as bad as I feared.

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uishax t1_j98a46e wrote

It sounds extremely dumb to fire your AI engineers at the beginning of 2023, when its plainly obvious the AI tsunami is about to hit. They have been employed for a decade now, when AI produced no economic returns, so no point laying off them now.

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