Google co-founder Sergey Brin tells employees: ‘Work 60 hours-a-week to win…but’

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has signalled heightened urgency in the race for artificial general intelligence (AGI), and called for employees working on the company’s Gemini AI models to embrace 60-hour workweeks and daily office presence, a report has said.Citing an internal memo, The New York Times reports that Brin told the staff that Google can lead the industry in achieving AGI, a milestone where machines surpass human intelligence, if employees worked harder.

“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday,” he wrote in a memo posted internally this week, adding that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity”, warning that working more than 60 hours a week may lead to burnout.