Ex-Google CEO blames ‘working from home' for tech giant lagging in AI race
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) New York Post·2024-08-15 02:02

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt blamed Google’s work-from-home policy as the reason why the tech giant is trailing in the AI race.A professor asked Schmidt why he thinks Google has lost the lead to startups like OpenAI and Anthropic during a conversation with Stanford University students posted to YouTube on Tuesday. “Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning,” the former CEO said.“And the reason startups work is because the people work l ...