(p. B4) Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO and executive chairman at Google, walked back remarks in which he said his former company was losing the artificial intelligence race because of its remote-work policies.
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“Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning,” Schmidt said at Stanford. “The reason startups work is because the people work like hell.”
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(Note: the online version of the story was updated Aug. 14, 2024, and has the title “Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work.”)