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Sergey Brin Urges Google AI Teams to Work 60-Hour Weeks in Push for AGI Leadership

Sergey Brin urged Google engineers to work 60-hour weeks to enhance productivity and compete in the race for artificial general intelligence .
Brin emphasized the need for consistent in-office work to improve collaboration among teams, stating it is more effective than remote communication.
Competition in the race for AGI has intensified, with other companies reducing engineering hiring due to advancements in AI.
Brin expressed confidence in Google's capabilities but insisted on accelerating efforts to stay ahead of competitors like OpenAI and Microsoft.

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Google co-founder wants employees to work 60 hours a week in office

Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, claims that a 60-hour workweek is the “sweet spot” for productivity in a recent memo sent to employees.

1 day ago·Canada

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Business Insider

Sergey Brin tells Googlers about 60 hours a week is the 'sweet spot' for productivity, but they might be better at 40

Sergey Brin suggested Google employees work about 60 hours a week. Yet, experts warn longer hours could harm productivity and lead to burnout.

2 days ago·United States

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PC Mag

Google Co-Founder Says 60-Hour Weeks Needed to Achieve AGI

Sergey Brin hit out at employees doing the bare minimum, calling them 'not only unproductive but also highly demoralizing to everyone else.'

2 days ago·United States

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Futurism

Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them

A top boss at Google has made it clear that employees should make enormous sacrifices to develop AGI, as long as it makes him money.

2 days ago

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The Verge

Google’s co-founder tells AI staff to stop ‘building nanny products’

In a leaked internal memo, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said AI researchers should be working 60-hour weeks and stop building “nanny products.”

3 days ago·United States

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TechCrunch

Sergey Brin says RTO is key to Google winning the AGI race

Google co-founder Sergey Brin sent a memo to employees this week urging them to return to the office "at least every weekday" in order to help the company

3 days ago·United States

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