Brin, Google and AGI

Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks
According to the memo seen by The New York Times, Brin says Googlers should try to work 60 hours per week to support the company's AI efforts. That works out to 12 hours per day, Monday through Friday,
In leaked memo to Google’s AI workers, Sergey Brin says 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’ and doing the bare minimum can demoralize peers
In an internal memo seen by the New York Times, the Google cofounder told employees working on Gemini, which develops the company's suite of AI products, that he recommends being in the office "at least every weekday" and that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity."
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says the race to AGI is on, urges Google to move faster
With Google’s latest AI model, Gemini 2.0, launched in December, the company is making big moves in AI. Brin’s message is clear, the race to AGI is on, and Google plans to win it.
Google Wants Employees to Work ‘60 Hours a Week’ to Develop AGI
An internal memo read by The New York Times shows the Google CEO recommending in-office work “at least every weekday.”
Google’s Sergey Brin Says Engineers Should Work 60-Hour Weeks in Office to Build AI That Could Replace Them
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has told engineers that they should return to the office five days a week to help improve AI models that could replicate their work. The reclusive billionaire himself started returning to Mountain View following the launch of ChatGPT,
Google’s Sergey Brin says 60 hours per week in the office is ‘sweet spot’ for AI workers
Sergey Brin is urging employees working on AI to spend at least 60 hours per week in the office as Google faces heated competition from OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and others.
How Close Are We To AI Superintelligence? The 3 Types Of AI, Explained
Current AI implementations are just the first of three potential levels of artificial intelligence. What would we need to get ...
AI Could Usher In a New Renaissance
It is already better than human intelligence at some tasks. It may become capable of new discoveries.
Artificial General Intelligence: The Dream That Could Redefine Humanity
As researchers inch closer to AGI, the question is not just whether we can build it—but whether we’re ready to handle its ...
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AI Experts Predict Machines Could Outthink Humans by 2040. But Some Are Betting on Even Sooner
In the 1950s, mathematician Alan Turing — best remembered by many as the cryptography genius who led the British effort to ...
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Alibaba Commits to AGI, Making AI “The World’s Largest Industry”
Alibaba CEO’s focus on theoretical technology comes after a good few years for the e-commerce giant and Qwen maker.
Here's How Generative AI Factors Into Alphabet's Plan for Growth
Ultimately, Alphabet's efforts to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI ), which will likely use generative AI as a ...
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AI evolution: What’s the end game?
The ultimate goal of AI creators is to create machines that can exhibit traits associated with human intelligence (HI), that ...
DeepL CEO Challenges Microsoft And OpenAI’s $100 Billion AGI Definition
DeepL CEO challenges Microsoft and OpenAI's $100 billion artificial general intelligence definition, arguing it remains far ...
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Diamandis and Mo Gawdat Talk AGI 2025
Mo Gawdat, Peter Diamandis, and Salim Ismail discuss AGI, how to adapt to an AI-driven world, the future of jobs, and more.
Alibaba is going all in on developing AI that can reason like a human being
Alibaba shares are up 70% this year to date on the boost from DeepSeek and its AI partnership with Apple for iPhones in China ...