Pichai noted recent product launches, such as new features in Gmail and Google Documents, as proof that the firm is working swiftly to implement its goals.
Since the November 2016 debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been in the centre of the controversy. Eventually, the company’s staff members were also subjected to mass layoffs, with 12,000 jobs lost in January. In March 2023, Google released Bard, but many believe the search engine giant was a little late to the party. Pichai asserts that despite the company’s rapid growth, it still has a lot to gain from the AI revolution.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the company’s AI strategy and product pipeline in an interview with WSJ. According to Pichai, Google is advancing quickly and is ideally situated to take advantage of the potential given by AI.
Pichai mentioned recent product launches, such as updated Gmail and Google Documents capabilities, as proof that the business is working swiftly to carry out its plans. He also brought up Bard, a system built on Google’s LaMDA language model that has attracted a lot of user interest and excitement.
Bard arrived at the game late, why?
Pichai outlined the reasons behind Google’s delayed LaMDA release. According to Pichai, the business wanted to make sure that its “product-market fit” was strong, and deadlines may have changed as a result of the current state of the sector.
When questioned if Google had lost out by not launching Bard first, Pichai said that being first isn’t always necessary. He emphasised that although Google didn’t create the first search engine, browser, email service, or mapping application, the company has found success in those fields.
Pichai emphasised that Google is acting swiftly and strategically to take advantage of the current state of AI technology and expressed confidence in the company’s capacity to do so.
Launch Bard
Users in the US are still the only ones who can access Google Bard. The business only accepts a queue of chosen users. Customers in India are not even able to sign up for the Bard AI waitlist. On the other hand, OpenAI has not only made ChatGPT publicly available but has also released the GPT-4 version, which makes the chatbot significantly faster and more dependable.