AI/ML is becoming more important to Google's strategy, and they are now in competition with MSFT. It strikes me as unusual that, given the importance of this to their business model, Google Brain/Deepmind researchers are actively pushing techniques and models to arxiv.

In the next six months, will Google restrict publication of ML papers? It will count as restricted if a paper that researchers wish to publish is rejected on the grounds that it's important or likely to become important to Google's business model. There will need to be a 'trend', and not just a one off instance.

I expect to resolve this based on my judgement informed by media reports/twitter. On the resolution date, if it hasn't already been confirmed, I'll spend at least 20 minutes looking for evidence that they are restricting publication.

Close date updated to 2023-08-07 6:59 pm