But now that the tech giant is the No. 5 biggest company in the world (as of press time), the bosses want employees at their desks, not carports. In a memo viewed by The New York Times and posted internally to employees working on Google's Gemini AI,

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.

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.

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.

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,

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 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