> Are there many devs at Google who legit prefer Gemini over Claude and Codex? Would love to hear about that.
replyA few weeks ago, Steve Yegge claimed he'd heard that Google employees are banned from using Claude & Codex.
https://x.com/Steve_Yegge/status/2046260541912707471
A number of Googlers replied to say that was totally false, including Demis Hassabis, but they were all on the DeepMind team.
https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2043867486320222333
This person here claims they left Google because of the ban, and because the ban applied outside of Google work as well:
> and because the ban applied outside of Google work as well
replyI think false (or hasn't filtered to everyone lol)