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☆ Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he’d love to do side-by-side comparison with Microsoft’s AI models
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in conversation with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is challenging Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to an AI duel. "You guys were the originals when it comes to AI," Sorkin told Pichai after reading Nadella's comments. "They're using someone else's models," added Pichai after saying he'd love to do the side-by-side comparison. While Microsoft does have its own AI models, much of the advanced capabilities in its recent offerings are powered by OpenAI's LLMs.

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☆ CEOs are clamoring for bodyguards as the world feels more dangerous, a top security boss says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

More executives are seeking protection, a private security firm chief told The Financial Times. Steve Jones, the chief executive of security company Allied Universal, told The Financial Times that global political instability had created increased demand for security services. AdvertisementLast year, Alex Bomberg, chief executive of Intelligent Protection International, told Financial News that demand for executive security had doubled in 12 months. According to Allied's World Security Report, in 2022, companies lost more than $1 trillion in revenue due to physical security incidents. AdvertisementOne in four publicly listed companies reported a drop in their value after a physical security incident over the last year, the report said.

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☆ Google is considering nuclear power to feed its energy-hungry AI data centers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google could one day use nuclear energy to power its AI data centers. Competitors like Amazon and Microsoft are turning to nuclear energy to power their data centers too. AdvertisementIf Google CEO Sundar Pichai's hints on Thursday are any indicator, nuclear energy may one day power some of Google's energy-hungry AI data centers. To be sure, this isn't the first time Google has expressed interest in clean energy alternatives like nuclear energy. In March, Amazon inked a $650 million deal to buy electricity from the Susquehanna nuclear power station, per the Financial Times.

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☆ How Google CEO Sundar Pichai shook up his leadership team for the AI era
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

It came almost 12 months after Google combined two key AI groups, DeepMind and Google Brain. Google's AI MVPGoogle DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis GoogleDemis Hassabis might be the most important person at Google right now. Then, in April last year, Pichai announced he would merge DeepMind with Google's in-house AI unit, known as Brain, into a supergroup named Google DeepMind. Reid reports directly to Raghavan, the ads and search senior vice president, and is shepherding a dramatic transition of Google Search. Fears of chatbots eating into Google's search dominance have yet to be realized, giving Google time to reinvent its most hallowed product.

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☆ Google CEO Pichai says company will 'sort it out' if OpenAI misused YouTube for AI training
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Google will "sort it out" if it determines Microsoft -backed OpenAI relied on YouTube content to train an artificial intelligence model that can generate videos. The New York Times later reported that OpenAI had transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos. Asked if Google would sue OpenAI if the startup violated the search company's terms of service, Pichai didn't offer specifics. Pichai said Google has processes in place to figure out if OpenAI failed to comply with the rules. WATCH: Alphabet CEO on report OpenAI trained GPT-4 on YouTube: We have clear terms of service

Persons: Sundar Pichai, OpenAI, CNBC's Deirdre Bosa, Mira Murati, Murati, Pichai, Apple, Bosa, We'll, GPT Organizations: Microsoft, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Google, Google's, Astra, Apple, Developers Conference, Bloomberg, Gemini Locations: U.S, Cupertino , California

☆ Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"How does leadership plan to address these concerns and regain the trust, morale and cohesion that have been foundational to our company's success?" "Despite the company's stellar performance and record earnings, many Googlers have not received meaningful compensation increases" a top-rated employee question read. Google's use of cashThere were a lot of employee questions ahead of last week's meeting directed at the company's buyback, Porat said. With respect to the decline in morale brought up by employees, Pichai said "leadership has a lot of responsibility here, adding that "it's an iterative process." CNBC reported last week that Google is laying off at least 200 employees from its "Core" organization, which includes key teams and engineering talent.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Loren Elliott, Ruth Porat, We've, Alphabet's, Hollie Adams, Porat, Prabhakar Raghavan, dory, Pichai, Ted, Larry Page, Jim Cramer Organizations: Inc, Government, Society, Bloomberg, Getty, Google, Economic, Finance, CNBC Locations: Stanford , California, Davos, Switzerland, U.S

☆ A product manager who worked at Meta and Google reveals which company is best for work-life balance
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A Meta product manager who also worked at Google in a similar role revealed some differences between the tech companies based on his experiences over the past six years. AdvertisementCompany transparencyMeta does maintain some of the transparency the company was known for in its earlier days, McKinnon wrote. At Meta, McKinnon was aware of what other teams were working on, partly through the company's internal forums and dashboards. At Google, employees mostly communicate through email or chat, so it's more difficult to know what everyone is doing, McKinnon wrote. At Google, McKinnon saw that projects were largely created and led by software engineers, and PMs played a more auxiliary role.

Persons: —, Daniel McKinnon, Ray, McKinnon, Googlers, Meta's, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar, Alphabet's, Sundar Pichai wasn't, Zuckerberg, Meta, VPs, Susan Li Organizations: Meta, Google, Service, Unit, Business, Facebook, . Software Engineers Locations: Meta

☆ Google's CEO says its workplace isn't a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Sundar Pichai said in a blog post the office isn't a place to "debate politics." Google fired 28 workers involved in protests against its $1.2 billion contract with Israel. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The CEO's message, which comes only two days after in-office protests, is loud and clear: the office isn't a place for politics. That separate memo had told workers to "think again" before violating company policies with sit-in protests.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, —, Sundar Pichai's splashy Organizations: Google, Israel, Service, Google's, Business Locations: Israel, Sunnyvale and New York City

☆ There are growing calls for Google CEO Sundar Pichai to step down
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The slip-up was so bad it sent the company's stock tumbling, and had CEO Sundar Pichai address the troops, calling the situation "completely unacceptable." The debacle has strengthened the narrative that Google is suddenly behind in the AI race, and now there's a growing chorus of voices calling for CEO Sundar Pichai to be replaced. Pichai, who was appointed CEO of Google in 2015, and Alphabet in 2019, has proven a strong peace-time CEO for the company. He's been an effective and steady hand who protects Google's prized search business and deals diplomatically with regulators. Responding to a tweet by Color Health CEO Othman Laraki, who said Google as facing an "unsolvable problem," Mayer defended Google somewhat.

Persons: —, Sundar Pichai, Ben Thompson, Googlers, Mark Shmulik, chatbot, He's, Pichai, Aravind Srinivas, Sundar, Srinivas, Marissa, Marissa Mayer, Othman Laraki, Mayer, They've, Hugh Langley Organizations: Service, Google, Business, Color, Gartner Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ How Google lost its way
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Hugh Langley | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Just two months after Google launched Gemini, its flashy new AI model, the company revealed that it had already built a better version. AdvertisementThen, days later, Google scrambled to explain why its image generation tool spit out racially inaccurate depictions of historical figures. Users have long bemoaned — and researchers recently found — a decline in the quality of Google Search results. The fact that Google is not far and away the self-driving-car leader, it's, like, a total joke," the former Google director said, adding that the problem of Google's lost supremacy is "maybe impossible to solve, frankly." Google now is reminiscent of the Steve Ballmer-era Microsoft, which missed the smartphone, search, and cloud waves and was overtaken by Apple, Google, and Amazon.

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(Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday confirmed that Google pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, under the terms of a default search agreement that is core to the Justice Department's antitrust claims. Pichai was testifying in a separate lawsuit filed against Google by Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite. The Epic attorney then alleged that Google pays Samsung, Android's largest hardware partner, less than half of what it pays to Apple. Google's TAC costs include all of Google's payments to companies like Apple and Samsung to place its search engine in front of users. Apple, Google and Samsung did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Pichai's testimony.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Mandel NGAN, MANDEL NGAN, Pichai, Google's, Kevin Murphy, Murphy, Connolly, John Schmidtlein, Leswing Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, Getty, Google, Apple, Epic Games, Washington , D.C, Samsung, Google's TAC, University of Chicago, Williams, Department, D.C Locations: Washington ,, AFP, Virginia, Washington

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build. In his latest court appearance in San Francisco, Pichai spent more than two hours defending the business practices of the Google Play Store, which distributes apps for the company's Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones. Evidence submitted during Pichai's Tuesday testimony showed just how lucrative the Play Store has been for Google. During the first half of 2020, for instance, the Play Store generated an operating profit of $4.4 billion. “The way we designed Google Play is we do well only when developers do well,” Pichai said.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Department's, Lauren Moskowitz, District Judge James Donato, Donato, Moskowitz, Apple, ”, specter, ” Pichai Organizations: Google, Apple, Washington D.C, ., District, Samsung, Android, U.S, Supreme Locations: San Francisco, Washington, iPhones, U.S

☆ Alphabet CEO, in Play store trial, acknowledges some materials not retained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He largely stuck to one-word answers but was occasionally admonished by Epic Games' attorney for straying beyond simple answers. Pichai, in examination by a Google attorney, denied he had ever tried to keep any document hidden from a lawsuit. Epic Games has alleged in its lawsuit that app store policies amount to an illegal monopoly and have caused consumers to pay artificially high prices. Google has said changing its systems would cause its Android-based app store to be less secure and damage its ability to compete with Apple (AAPL.O). Google has settled claims over its app store with dating app maker Match Group and from U.S. consumers and U.S. states.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Evelyn Hockstein, Pichai, ” Pichai, Epic's, “ Fortnite ”, Cary, Greg Bensinger, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Google, U.S, India's, White, REUTERS, Alphabet's Google, Epic Games, Games, Apple, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, San Francisco, North Carolina, U.S

☆ Alphabet chief Pichai labored in trenches but rose to defend search giant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The move was done to give Page fewer direct reports and product units to oversee. * Pichai became CEO of Google in 2015 and all of Alphabet in 2019. * Alphabet, Google's parent company, has a long list of other businesses. Since Pichai became CEO, it acquired Fitbit in 2021 and the security company Mandiant in 2022. * Pichai's total compensation was about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing in April.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Evelyn Hockstein, Larry Page, Andy Rubin, Page, Pichai, Bard, Diane Bartz, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Google, U.S, India's, White, REUTERS, Rights, Big Tech, Wharton, Stanford University, Indian Institute of Technology, McKinsey & Co, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

☆ Wall Street wants to know how Google's going to profit from AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In the age of AI hype, few companies have used the word "AI" more than Google. Now, Wall Street wants know how it'll turn the hyped tech into dollars and cents. With SGE, Pichai said it'll be able to include "a wider range of sources on the results page, creating new opportunities for content to be discovered." Pichai added that with AI, he sees the opportunity to "evolve search and assistant for the next decade ahead." "It's probably the ultimate example of AI," Pichai said in response to Sheridan's question.

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☆ Google's highly competitive APM program was the key to jump-starting my career. Here's what it was like and how much I make as a product manager.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Aria Yang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He said the APM program is so competitive that landing an interview is like hitting a gold mine. After graduating, I chose Google over other companies because it offered a lot more support and resources: The Google APM program was proposed by former Google executive Marissa Mayer who started the program in 2002 to recruit fresh talents. Getting into the program is hard — it is estimated that 8,000 people apply to the APM program each year, and only 40-45 get accepted. This is the best part about the APM program — the ability to switch teams. I went to work in the office of the CEO, Sundar Pichai, and did product strategy-related work directly for him.

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Persons: Eric Gaillard, Sundar Pichai, Kevin Murphy, Apple, Joshua Lowcock, Jerry Dischler, Eddie Cue, Bing, John Schmidtlein, Google's, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Diane Bartz, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Google, Justice Department, Verizon, Samsung, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Microsoft, UM Worldwide, Nokia, Bing, GOOGLE, Core Systems, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON

☆ Google CEO says he isn't worried about catching up to OpenAI after declaring a 'code red': 'I feel very comfortable about where we are.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai isn't in a rush to catch up to OpenAI, he told Wired. Releasing Google's AI products before ChatGPT was launched "wouldn't have worked out as well," he said. Pichai's thoughts on AI come months after the CEO declared a "code red" for Google's search engine. "In some ways, it was an exciting moment for me, because we are building that underlying technology and deploying it across our products," Pichai told Wired in an interview published on Monday. Since the disastrous demo, Google has announced a slate of new AI products.

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☆ Alphabet to report second-quarter results after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Alphabet will report second-quarter earnings after the close of regular trading on Tuesday. Revenue: $72.82 billion, according to Refinitiv. $72.82 billion, according to Refinitiv. $7.87 billion, according to StreetAccount. Google Cloud, which competes with infrastructure offerings from Amazon and Microsoft , is expected to report growth of 25%.

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☆ Google explores AI tools for journalists, in talks with publishers - spokesperson
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 19 (Reuters) - Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news articles and is in talks with news organizations to use the tools to assist journalists, a company spokesperson said late on Wednesday. These AI tools could assist journalists with options for headlines or different writing styles, for instance, in a way that "enhances their work and productivity," the Google spokesperson said, adding it was in the "earliest stages of exploring ideas". "Quite simply these tools are not intended to, and cannot, replace the essential role journalists have in reporting, creating, and fact-checking their articles," the spokesperson said. The AI tool that was pitched is called Genesis internally at Google, the NYT said, citing people familiar with the matter. A News Corp spokesperson declined to comment on the NYT report or the AI tool, but said, "We have an excellent relationship with Google, and we appreciate (Google CEO) Sundar Pichai's long-term commitment to journalism."

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☆ Google explores AI tools for journalists, in talks with publishers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: Sundar Pichai's, OpenAI, Urvi Dugar, Savio D'Souza Organizations: Google, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street, News Corp, Associated Press, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he thinks AI will make the law profession better, not get rid of lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told The Verge he thinks AI will make the law profession better. Pichai said more people may become lawyers because law and legal systems aren't going away. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he thinks artificial intelligence will make the law profession better and that he's "willing to almost bet" there will be more lawyers a decade from now. However, Madgavkar said AI won't be able to fully automate legal jobs, because human judgment is still needed to meet client and employer demands. Pichai told The Verge he thinks "governments and legal systems will always have to grapple with the same set of problems," when new technology emerges.

☆ Investors looking toward Google I/O 2023 for resurgence of Google's A.I. vision
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestors looking toward Google I/O 2023 for resurgence of Google's A.I. visionAlex Kantrowitz, Big Technology founder, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Google CEO Sundar Pichai's keynote address at Google I/O 2023, changing consumer behavior with A.I., and the evolution of Google's Bard product.

☆ Google I/O: Tech giant removes the waitlist for Bard A.I. chatbot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGoogle I/O: Tech giant removes the waitlist for Bard A.I. chatbotCNBC's Deirdre Bosa joins 'The Exchange' to discuss upcoming modifications to Google Search, how Google will change its advertising model, and Sundar Pichai's commitment to A.I. responsibility.

☆ Silicon Valley's Hail Mary moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Silicon Valley has entered the Hail Mary phase of its business cycle — a desertic part of a tech-industry downturn where desperation can turn into recklessness. Don't fear the robotsTo understand the Hail Mary moment, it's important to understand the actual capabilities of technology these tech titans are touting. Again, what Musk is describing is AI general intelligence — something much more advanced than the generative AI OpenAI is building on at the moment. During the pandemic when governments were handing out cash and people were stuck at home, the world bought everything Silicon Valley was selling. But those are exactly the types of workers getting laid off in Silicon Valley right now.

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