The tech giant’s co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more, the company could reach an artificial general intelligence breakthrough.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin urged employees at the company's DeepMind AI division to "turbocharge" their efforts, as the company battles entrenched rivals and new entrants for supremacy in the generative AI race.

The memo comes at a time when competition is heating up. Google’s DeepMind, led by Demis Hassabis, has been working toward AGI for years.