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).

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.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin urged the AI teams to adopt a 60-hour work week as the "sweet spot" for maximising output, while warning against underperforming employees who could hinder the team's overall progress.

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.

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,

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