Google Cofounder Sergey Brin Said He Was 'Spiraling' Before Returning to Work on Gemini—and Staying Retired 'Would've Been a Big Mistake'

Google cofounder Sergey Brin said he was 'spiraling' before returning to work on Gemini—and staying retired 'would've been a big mistake'

Google cofounder Sergey Brin thought retiring from Google in 2019 would mean quietly studying physics for days on end in cafés.  But when COVID hit soon after, he realized he may have made a mistake. “That didn’t work because there were no more cafés,” he told students at Stanford University’s School of Engineering centennial celebration last week, Business Insider reported. The transition from president of Google parent company Alphabet to a 40…

Sergey Brin, who came back to Google to work on Gemini, says staying retired would have been a 'big mistake'

Google cofounder Sergey Brin says a short-lived retirement left him restless — and pulled him back into the race to build Google's Gemini.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty ImagesSergey Brin says retiring before COVID left him "spiraling" and pushed him back into Google's AI work.He'd planned to "sit in cafés and study physics" in his retirement, but couldn't due to the pandemic.Brin admitted Google initially "underinvested" in AI and let …