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Google researchers are fighting the company to tell the world what they know about AI

Employment contracts deter staff from warning the public about AI risks, current workers said.

November 3, 2026 at 11:42 a.m. EST Today at 11:42 a.m. EST

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The Google logo at the International AI Summit in Dublin on Oct. 14. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images)

By Gerrit De Vynck

Workers inside Google’s artificial intelligence division are pushing executives to release them from non-disparagement agreements, arguing that they must be free to inform the public about the risks of the technology they are working to advance, according to sources inside the company.

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