[Abecid]

Looks like DeepMind will no longer be able to pursue academic research with the pressure to monetize. Talent exodus could happen similar to what happened at Google AI where many prominent researchers either went to OpenAI or started their own companies

[ShamelessC]

Agreed. I'm seeing multiple other comments here suggesting DeepMind was somehow a waste when they have done a lot of very impressive research. "Solving" protein folding. Retrieval transformers. Novel solutions to math problems using ML? What about beating fucking Lee Sedol in go? No? None of that matters? C'mon.

[dougmwne]

Those are towering achievements that don't add to Google as a business. It was an important part of Google's reputation, but now that reputation is in the mud as Microsoft and OpenAI become king in the eyes of the public.

[perryizgr8]

Arguably none of that made a comparable difference to the life of a common man as ChatGPT did. It's necessary to do fundamental research, but imperative to maintain focus on delivering real world value to real world people.

[q7xvh97o2pDhNrh]

> started their own companies

Do you know if there's a list of such companies floating around? Really curious to see where the research talent in the space is heading, especially if they're leaving the warm embrace of their BigCo...