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AI Race Intensifies Overwork and Burnout Across Silicon Valley

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Bloomberg reported on July 9, 2026 that the intensifying AI development race has pushed Silicon Valley's work environment to extremes, leaving employees unable to take time off and beset by mental exhaustion and FOMO (fear of missing out). The picture that emerges is one where the cognitive load of monitoring and directing ever-running AI agents concentrates on humans, even as productivity climbs. According to the report, the sentiment "it's impossible to take time off right now" is spreading in the capital of AI.

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