AI & Enterprise
Developers anxious about falling behind amid rapid AI advances
As competition for AI leadership intensifies, Silicon Valley is debating whether employees can properly take vacations. Some developers worry they may fall behind during time off as technology changes rapidly, while long-hour work cultures add pressure. The discussion began after former OpenAI policy research head Miles Brundage posted on X about differing attitudes to vacations at AI labs, drawing responses from OpenAI and Anthropic staff and spreading to other organisations including Google DeepMind.