Well, there was this wild two year drama where they had people fight and smear each other over whether wasting energy for LLMs is ethical. https://www.cnet.com

Well, there was this wild two year drama where they had people fight and smear each other over whether wasting energy for LLMs is ethical. https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/google-ai-chief-says-reputation-hit-to-unit-is-real-after-turmoil/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/google-ai-chief-says... That made plenty of scientists and engineers at google avoid AI for a while.