Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Walks Back Remarks Blaming Work-Life Balance And Remote Work For Search Giant Losing Out To OpenAI: 'I Regret My Error'
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Walks Back Remarks Blaming Work-Life Balance And Remote Work For Search Giant Losing Out To OpenAI: 'I Regret My Error'
However, Schmidt has since walked back his comments. In an email to The Wall Street Journal, he stated, "I misspoke about Google and their work hours."Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, walked back his remarks where he blamed the search giant's focus on work-life balance and remote work for it losing out to AI startups like Microsoft Corp.-backed OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Alphabet Inc的前任CEO Eric Schmidt承認過錯誤，他曾譴責這家搜索巨頭過於重視工作與生活的平衡和遠程辦公，而導致其輸給了微軟旗下的OpenAI和 Anthropic等人工智能初創公司。
What Happened: In a lecture at Stanford University in April, Schmidt suggested that Google's focus on work-life balance and remote work was putting it at a disadvantage compared to startups like OpenAI. A recording of Schmidt's speech was published on Stanford Online's YouTube channel on Tuesday.
事件回顧: 今年四月份，Schmidt在斯坦福大學做講座時表示，谷歌專注於工作與生活的平衡和遠程辦公對於其競爭對手OpenAI等人工智能創業公司來說是一種劣勢。週二，Schmidt的演講錄像在斯坦福在線的YouTube頻道上發佈。
In the lecture, Schmidt remarked, "Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning." He also noted that startups succeed because "people work like hell."
在演講中，Schmidt表示"谷歌認爲工作與生活的平衡、早歸和遠程辦公比贏得比賽更重要"。他還指出，初創公司之所以成功，是因爲"人們拼死拼活地工作"。
However, Schmidt has since walked back his comments. In an email to The Wall Street Journal, he stated, "I misspoke about Google and their work hours."
然而，Schmidt隨後撤回了他的評論。在致《華爾街日報》的電子郵件中，他說: "我在對谷歌及其工作時間的評論上說話不清楚"。
"I regret my error."
"我很遺憾我出錯了。"
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Schmidt's comments echo sentiments from other tech leaders. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, told Fortune Magazine in 2023 that allowing employees to work fully remotely was one of the tech industry's "worst mistakes."
Schmidt的言論與其他科技領袖的觀點相呼應。OpenAI的CEO Sam Altman在2023年接受《財富》雜誌採訪時表示，允許員工完全遠程工作是科技行業中的"最大錯誤"之一。
Despite these views, research on remote work's impact on productivity remains inconclusive. Some studies show increased productivity, while others indicate a decline.
儘管有這些觀點，關於遠程辦公對生產率的影響的研究仍不一。有些研究表明，遠程辦公會提高生產力，而另一些研究則表明，生產力會下降。
An analysis by Goldman Sachs suggested that the discrepancy might be due to different productivity measurement methods.
高盛的一項分析表明，這種差異可能是由於不同的生產力測量方法造成的。
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爲什麼它很重要: 特斯拉的首席執行官馬斯克也對人工智能的未來發表了看法，他認爲技術進步可能會導致一個世界，從而人類勞動不再必要。
Furthermore, Google has been under internal pressure as well. A leaked email revealed that CEO Sundar Pichai was particularly concerned about losing talent to competitors like Apple Inc.
此外，谷歌也面臨內部壓力。一份泄露的電子郵件揭示，首席執行官桑達爾·皮查伊特別擔心失去人才，被蘋果等競爭對手挖走。
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