Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who left active work in the company in 2019, was again involved in processes due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In his the internal memorandum he called on Google not only to return to the office, but And increase the working week to 60 hours. In his opinion, this will help the company win the race for creating advanced AI.
Brin believes that ideal productivity is achieved with a 12-hour working day from Monday to Friday. In addition, he insists that to achieve a technological breakthrough, employees must maximize the tools based on Google Gemini, and remote work interferes with efficiency.
Although the company’s official policy remains unchanged – employees work in a hybrid format, visiting the office for three days a week, Brin’s opinion may affect future changes. Google said that he does not plan to change the current rules yet.
Google, which laid the foundation for modern generative and technology with its research attend is all you need in 2017, was caught by the enormous success of Openai. The company hastened to release Bard at the beginning of 2023, but the launch was unsuccessful, and since then Google has been trying to catch up with competitors.
Unlike Openai, which uses Microsoft cloud capacities, Google actively builds its own data centers for the training and work of Gemini models. Despite the lack of expensive subscriptions, the company is ready to take loss to win the market.
The question of whether the buildup of computing power will lead to the creation of real artificial intelligence remains open. However, both Brin and the head of Opena Sam Altman are sure that humanity is close to the creation of reasonable machines. Even if this does not happen in the coming years, Google can benefit simply from the return of employees to the office.