How the AI Boom Is Bringing a Brutal Chinese Work Trend to Silicon Valley
- Posted on December 18, 2025
- By PC Mag
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How the AI Boom Is Bringing a Brutal Chinese Work Trend to Silicon Valley

Fueled by ambition, startups like OpenAI are adopting 996 work schedules—grinding 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. The thing is, China already ruled it illegal.