Brin believes that, with the right resources, the company can win the AI race, but that means workers are being urged not only to return to the office but to consider doing longer 60-hour weeks (which works out to be 12 hours a day over five days).

Brin called for Googlers working on the company's AI products to increase their hours in a memo seen by The New York Times.

Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, is driving a 60-hour workweek to win the AGI race, a journey rooted in his escape from Russia and rise to billionaire status.

Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, is urging employees to work 60-hour weeks on developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Brin's journey from Russia to the U.S. and his academic achievements at Stanford,

According to an internal document viewed by the firm, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and board member of Alphabet (GOOGL, Financials), advised staff members at DeepMind, the artificial intelligence branch,

Brin has urged those working on the Gemini AI models to commit to 60-hour workweeks and come to the office every weekday. This statement comes at a time of intense competition in the AI sector, accelerated by the rapid surge of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Mr Brin, who is estimated to be worth $144 billion, emphasised that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity" in a memo.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin urged employees at the company's DeepMind AI division to "turbocharge" their efforts, as the company battles entrenched rivals and new entrants for supremacy in the generative AI race.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin suggested in a leaked memo that 60 hours a week is the “sweet spot” for productivity, urging employees to work harder to lead in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). While it may fast-track career growth and earnings,

Google co-founder Sergey Brin in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday suggested that employees should work harder to make the company a leader in the AI space. He backed a 60-hour work week