The Dark Side of the AI Boom: Silicon Valley Embraces China’s Brutal Work Trend
- Posted on February 1, 2026
- By PC Mag
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The Dark Side of the AI Boom: Silicon Valley Embraces China’s Brutal Work Trend

Startups like OpenAI are adopting 996 work schedules—grinding 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week—even though China already ruled the practice illegal.