I thought you must be misrepresenting the article, but no, its almost as bad as you said:
> He praised the teams working on Gemini, the company’s main group of AI models. He said they’ve stepped up from working 100 hours a week to 120 hours to correct Google’s image recognition tool in a timely manner. That helped the team fix roughly 80% of the issues in just 10 days, he said.
But image generation doesn't matter. It's a fun toy but it's not part of any professional workflow they care about, doesn't impact long term strategic goals, etc. It's literally just PR mistake they're covering for.
Praise reveals priorities. They don't care about getting things right the first time. They don't care about important projects. That's the inference.
"He praised the teams working on Gemini, the company’s main group of AI models. He said they’ve stepped up from working 100 hours a week to 120 hours to correct Google’s image recognition tool in a timely manner."
So, assuming they work 7 days a week, that's 17 hours a day. Leaving 7 hours for commuting, sleep and life. And it feels like he's offering that up as an example of "move faster".
I find this hilariously ironic considering Gemini was supposed to be all about equity and inclusion and that. This is a perfect example of an inclusive policy that supports 40 year single mothers and other people with different needs /s
