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AI Boom Drives 70-Hour Weeks, Undermining Four-Day Promise

8/10/2026

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OpenAI staff report 70-hour work weeks while a startup’s engineers log 50-60 hours.
Former OpenAI employees say the company never piloted the four-day work week it advertised.
Meta workers claim they were drafted onto AI teams with mandatory night and weekend shifts.
A UC Berkeley study finds AI use accelerated work pace and added hours, contradicting executives’ promises that AI will reduce hours.

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OpenAI staff report 70-hour work weeks while a startup’s engineers log 50-60 hours.
Former OpenAI employees say the company never piloted the four-day work week it advertised.
Meta workers claim they were drafted onto AI teams with mandatory night and weekend shifts.
A UC Berkeley study finds AI use accelerated work pace and added hours, contradicting executives’ promises that AI will reduce hours.