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Poor morale among employees is contributing to delayed model releases from Google's DeepMind AI lab, according to conversations with half a dozen current and former Google DeepMind employees.
"We're behind," one employee told Axios, referring to the company's model capabilities compared with competitors.
- Some sources tied the recent dip in morale to the company's military deal, but others said the burnout is about feeling one step behind competitors.
- Google didn't prioritize agentic coding as it raced to defend search from ChatGPT, a DeepMind employee who worked on model training said.