Don’t even look for a 9 to 5 in Silicon Valley, said in The Washington Post . Job seekers in the hotbed of artificial intelligence today have to be willing to devote themselves to the “996” cause, shorthand for the new standard work ethic in the all-out AI race. The term comes from a Chinese corporate work expectation (outlawed in 2021) that employees should toil at the office “from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., 6 days a week.” A typical Silicon Valley job listing today now reads something like this: “Amazing salary, hacker house in SF, crazy equity, 996.” A few companies are even taking it further. Sonatic, a San Francisco–based AI startup, recently “posted a job opening that requires in-person work seven days a week,” with perks that include “free housing, free food delivery, and a free subscr

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