Google’s co-founder tells AI staff to stop ‘building nanny products’
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Summary
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has told the firm’s DeepMind AI division that the pressure is on to win the artificial general intelligence (AGI) race.
He told staff they needed to stop building “nanny products” in favour of simpler solutions and asked them to work longer hours, saying 60 hours made for the most productive work week.
The note, seen by The New York Times, is remarkable as Brin has no formal role at Google.
It comes as Meta cracks down on leakers, with around 20 employees fired in the last couple of weeks for internal information sharing.
Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer at Meta, confirmed the sackings and said all forms of leaking were fireable offences.
His comments came during a company meeting that was itself leaked.