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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by cma on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:54PM (#46130132)
Why wouldn't you count things initially made by individual contributors at Google?
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by oidar on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @11:08PM (#46130209)
Because those were "free time" projects. It wasn't directed to do by the company, somebody at the company with their flex time - just thought it was a good idea and did it. Googlers don't get this benefit any more for some reason.
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by lmm on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:21AM (#46130570)
Because they're not a good measure of the company's ability to develop products based on the direction from leadership.
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Re:IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data center... by cma on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:26AM (#46157407)
Leadership's direction at the time was to use 20% of your time in unstructured exploration and cool ideas like that, though good point of the other poster that that is no longer a policy.
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