Investing.com -- In an internal memo on Wednesday reported on by The New York Times (NYSE: NYT ), Sergey Brin, Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL )’s co-founder, urged employees to return to the office to boost the company’s chances of leading the industry in artificial general intelligence. This field of study focuses on creating machines that can match or surpass human intelligence.

Brin recommended that employees should be in the office every weekday, suggesting that a 60-hour work week is the optimal balance for productivity. His comments were directed at those working on Gemini, Google’s suite of artificial intelligence models and applications.

This push for an office return contrasts with Google’s official return-to-office policy. The company currently requires employees to work from the office at least three days a week. It remains to be seen whether Brin’s memo will lead to a change in this policy.

If there is a policy change, Google will join several other major tech companies that have brought employees back to offices on the weekdays, including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ), whose policy change was announced in September 2024 and was put into effect Janruary 2025.

Artificial general intelligence is considered a significant frontier in the tech industry, and Brin’s push suggests Google’s intent to be at the forefront of this development.

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