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  "id": 15588489,
  "title": "Paid to do nothing for a year: Google AI rule that UK PM Andy Burnham wants gone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/paid-to-do-nothing-for-a-year-google-ai-rule-that-uk-pm-andy-burnham",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:46:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/uk-to-scrap-the-non-compete-rule-that-kept-google-deepmind-researchers-on-paid-year-long-breaks-pm-andy-burnham-says-some-businesses-have-gone-/articleshow/135044373.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The UK plans to legislate against non-compete clauses, PM Andy Burnham announced in Manchester, calling them a drag on innovation. The move hits Google DeepMind, where some London staff were reportedly barred from joining rivals for up to a year, often on paid garden leave. It comes as DeepMind researchers, including Nobel laureate John Jumper and Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer, leave for Anthropic…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}