‘Un-Googley’: Sundar Pichai criticised for ‘rushed’, ‘botched’ announcement of Bard
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Un-Googley’: Sundar Pichai criticised for ‘rushed’, ‘botched’ announcement of Bard

Hindustan Times  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reportedly facing internal criticism over how the company introduced Bard, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was announced by Pichai himself on Feb 7, and is seen as a direct competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Google CEO Sundar Pichai According to CNBC, which published the said report, Google employees have taken to Memegen, the tech giant's popular internal forum, to lambast the CEO, and described Bard's introduction as ‘rushed,' ‘botched,’ and even ‘un-Googley.’ “Dear Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs were rushed, botched and myopic. Another message said Pichai and the leadership deserve a ‘PerfNI,’ referring to the lowest category in the company's performance review system. On Monday last week, Pichai introduced Bard to the world, doing so a day before rival Microsoft announced it will integrate the powerful capabilities of language-based AI in its Bing search engine.

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Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai Can Say He Doesn’t Want That, But ...: Here's What Google Employees Sacked Over Israel Protests Claims

ABP News  

After Google fired 50 employees for protesting the company's governmental collaboration with Israel, the employees took legal action by lodging a complaint with the US labour board, reported The Times Of India. In their complaint, the former Google employees claimed that the company's decision to terminate them constituted an infringement upon their rights protected under US labour law, particularly their …

Why Sundar Pichai thinks companies should not ‘reward employees' outcomes’
8 months, 1 week ago

Why Sundar Pichai thinks companies should not ‘reward employees' outcomes’

Hindustan Times  

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Google’s Sergey Brin admits they bunged up their AI as calls for Sundar Pichai to step down intensify
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Google’s Sergey Brin admits they bunged up their AI as calls for Sundar Pichai to step down intensify

Firstpost  

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has been put on the spot following the controversy that their AI chatbot, Gemini has created. Several analysts, including a few prominent ones who have great influence over Google’s staff, have said that maybe the tech giant needs a change in leadership Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has been put on the spot following the controversy that …

Sundar Pichai's job as Google CEO in trouble? Calls grow for his resignation
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sundar Pichai's job as Google CEO in trouble? Calls grow for his resignation

Hindustan Times  

As the reliance on artificial intelligence increases, Google has hit a major snafu due to its AI image generator Gemini. However, a report suggests that impact of the debacle may be faced by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, as the chorus grows for his replacement at the top post. Google CEO Sundar Pichai Google recently hit a pause on its Gemini …

CEO Sundar Pichai finally talks on Gemini AI woke issue, says it is unacceptable and Google got it wrong
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CEO Sundar Pichai finally talks on Gemini AI woke issue, says it is unacceptable and Google got it wrong

India Today  

Days after Gemini was caught in a controversy for its problematic text and image responses, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has addressed the problem and acknowledged that the company “got it wrong”. I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias – to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong,” Pichai said in …

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users"
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users"

NPR  

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users" Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/AP Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an internal memo late Tuesday that the company's release of artificial intelligence tool Gemini has been unacceptable, pledging to fix and relaunch the service in the coming weeks. Last week, Google paused Gemini's …

Google’s Gemini AI: Sundar Pichai should be fired or resign, says Samir Arora
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Google’s Gemini AI: Sundar Pichai should be fired or resign, says Samir Arora

Live Mint  

Google parent Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai is likely to be fired or will resign soon amid the Gemini debacle — as he should, believes Helios Capital founder Samir Arora. Replying to a user on social media site X, who asked for Arora's opinion on the controversies surrounding Google worldwide released AI chatbot Gemini, the market veteran wrote: “My guess is …

Sundar Pichai's morning routine revealed! Google CEO does This first thing in the morning
10 months, 1 week ago

Sundar Pichai's morning routine revealed! Google CEO does This first thing in the morning

Live Mint  

While most of us would like to start our day by exercising or reading a book to calm our minds, Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn't. And of course, no popups, videos, or intrusive ads," Other aspects of Sundar Pichai's morning routine: Notably, Pichai had also revealed many aspects of his morning routine in an interview with Recode in 2016. Bard …

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race
1 year ago

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race

Associated Press  

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils. The rollout will unfold in phases, with less sophisticated versions of Gemini called “Nano” and “Pro” being immediately incorporated into Google’s AI-powered chatbot …

Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube
1 year, 3 months ago

Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube

The Hindu  

Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks to ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. Bard's expanded capabilities announced on Tuesday will be provided through an English-only extension that will enable users to allow the …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was ‘excited’ after ChatGPT launch, says ‘credit to OpenAI for…’
1 year, 3 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was ‘excited’ after ChatGPT launch, says ‘credit to OpenAI for…’

Live Mint  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai praises OpenAI for the launch of ChatGPT, saying it is an exciting moment and that Google is also building similar technology. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was all praise for OpenAI during a recent interaction where he said the launch of ChatGPT was an ‘exciting moment’ for him. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} On being questioned if Google was caught …

Google is now warning its employees how they use chatbots including Bard
1 year, 6 months ago

Google is now warning its employees how they use chatbots including Bard

India Today  

Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets the program around the world, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Google told Reuters it has had detailed conversations with Ireland's Data Protection Commission and is addressing regulators' questions, after a Politico report Tuesday that the company …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says being responsible with AI is more important than getting into a competitive race
1 year, 7 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says being responsible with AI is more important than getting into a competitive race

India Today  

Artificial Intelligence has been dominating the tech world since November 2022, when ChatGPT was made available to the public. In the present scenario, Microsoft's Bing, Google's Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT are the three major players in the AI chatbot race. However, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that what's more important than this competitive race is that we be responsible while …

How is management style of Google CEO Sundar Pichai? Too soft, says a report
1 year, 7 months ago

How is management style of Google CEO Sundar Pichai? Too soft, says a report

India Today  

It seems that Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai is too soft when it comes to leadership and handling people at all levels. Pichai reportedly wanted him to give major priority to specific projects and share software code with Brain, which is a large AI unit within Google that develops the same type of machine learning software, according to people who are …

Just like ChatGPT, Google Bard can now help write and debug software code
1 year, 8 months ago

Just like ChatGPT, Google Bard can now help write and debug software code

India Today  

A couple of days back, in an interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai had promised that their AI chatbot, Bard, will be getting some upgrades and will get batter with time. And recently, in light with the CEO's statements, Google announced that Bard can now help in writing code and debugging it as well. Google announces Bard's new powers The blog …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Creates 'DeepMind' Project To Develop Advanced AI Systems
1 year, 8 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Creates 'DeepMind' Project To Develop Advanced AI Systems

News 18  

Alarmed at the success of Microsoft-owned OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has created a unit that will help the company build more capable AI systems safely and responsibly. This group, called ‘Google DeepMind’, will bring together two leading research groups in the AI field: the Brain team from Google Research, and DeepMind. “Their collective accomplishments in AI …

Sundar Pichai brings 'Google DeepMind' to build AI systems
1 year, 8 months ago

Sundar Pichai brings 'Google DeepMind' to build AI systems

India TV News  

After the success of Microsoft-owned OpenAI's ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai, Alphabet and Google CEO has created a unit which will help the company to build more capable AI systems- safely and responsibly. In a blog post which was posted later on Thursday, Pichai explained: "Their collective accomplishments in AI over the last decade span AlphaGo, Transformers, word2vec, WaveNet, AlphaFold, sequence to …

Google CEO worries AI could be harmful if deployed wrongly
1 year, 8 months ago

Google CEO worries AI could be harmful if deployed wrongly

The Hindu  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Sunday that he was worried about the need to deploy AI technology quickly, and also feared it might be used to cause harm. And we don’t have all the answers there yet and the technology is moving fast.” He further stressed on avoiding what he called “race conditions”, where people developing AI products across …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai drops big hint on AI, search engine
1 year, 8 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai drops big hint on AI, search engine

Hindustan Times  

Tech giant Google is planning to add artificial intelligence features to its search engine. In an interview to Wall Street Journal, Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said that the new AI features will enhance the search engine's ability to answer queries. Google CEO Sundar Pichai A leader in developing large language models, Google is yet to develop technology to …

Google’s Bard may get upgrades soon, CEO Sundar Pichai says
1 year, 8 months ago

Google’s Bard may get upgrades soon, CEO Sundar Pichai says

Live Mint  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in an interview with The New York Times recently said that the company will soon roll out an upgrade to its artificial intelligence bot - Bard. To recall, Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. lost $100 billion in market value shortly after Bard inadvertently disclosed false information in a promotional video. In a related news, Google has …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Bard will progress next week
1 year, 8 months ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Bard will progress next week

The Hindu  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the company’s AI-powered chatbot Bard will progress from next week as the company quickly trains it and upgrades Bard to more powerful models. During an episode of the Hard Fork podcast on Friday, Mr. Pichai explained that Bard was using a “lightweight and efficient version” of its LaMDA language model, and compared Bard to …

Explained: What is Google's AI-powered Bard capable of?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained: What is Google's AI-powered Bard capable of?

Firstpost  

Bard is quite forthcoming about its unreliability and other shortcomings, including its potential for mischief in next year’s US presidential election. Bard explained that its creators at Google “thought Shakespeare would be a good role model for me, as he was a master of language and communication.” But the chatbot also found some admirable traits in “HAL,” the fictional computer …

What can Google’s AI-powered Bard do? We tested it for you
1 year, 8 months ago

What can Google’s AI-powered Bard do? We tested it for you

Associated Press  

To use, or not to use, Bard? The recently rolled-out bot dubbed Bard is the internet search giant’s answer to the ChatGPT tool that Microsoft has been melding into its Bing search engine and other software. Bard explained that its creators at Google “thought Shakespeare would be a good role model for me, as he was a master of language …

Google's AI-powered Bard ‘just as intelligent’ as rival ChatGPT? What it said
1 year, 8 months ago

Google's AI-powered Bard ‘just as intelligent’ as rival ChatGPT? What it said

Hindustan Times  

To use, or not to use, Bard? The recently rolled-out bot dubbed Bard is the internet search giant's answer to the ChatGPT tool that Microsoft has been melding into its Bing search engine and other software. Bard hailed HAL's intelligence calling it “an interesting character” before acknowledging its dark side. “I could also be used to suppress voter turnout by …

Google's ChatGPT rival Bard reveals it was trained with users' Gmail data, Google reacts
1 year, 9 months ago

Google's ChatGPT rival Bard reveals it was trained with users' Gmail data, Google reacts

India Today  

Google’s AI assistant Bard, which was created to take on ChatGPT has made shocking claims about how it was trained. Bard in yet another incident has revealed that it was trained with users’ gmail data but Google does not agree with it. Owing to ChatGPT’s growing influence, Google announced its AI chatbot Bard, which is based on the LAMDA language …

Google begins public release of Bard, its ChatGPT competitor
1 year, 9 months ago

Google begins public release of Bard, its ChatGPT competitor

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday began the public release of its chatbot Bard, seeking users and feedback to gain ground on Microsoft Corp in a fast-moving race on artificial intelligence technology. Asked whether competitive dynamics were behind Bard's rollout, Jack Krawczyk, a senior product director, said Google was focused on users. Bard also included a feature showing three different versions …

Google tells employees that Bard A.I. isn’t just about search: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Google tells employees that Bard A.I. isn’t just about search: Report

Live Mint  

Google unveiled its ChatGPT rival – Bard last month. On Thursday, an all hands meeting was held wherein company executives answered questions from Dory, company’s internal forum, based on issues related to Bard, according to audio as obtained by CNBC. Responding to this, Krawczyk said, “I just want to be very clear: Bard is not search rather an experiment that’s …

Google’s Bard feels the company's handling of layoffs was ‘impersonal’: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Google’s Bard feels the company's handling of layoffs was ‘impersonal’: Report

Hindustan Times  

Google’s Bard has been facing a set of disgruntled questions from employees after CEO Sundar Pichai last week requested them to spend two to four hours conversing with the AI chatbot. Googlers miffed with the massive layoffs and Pichai’s recent request are asking Bard’s opinion on the way the tech giant handled the sacking of roughly 12,000 employees, Googlers miffed …

Google's AI tool Bard says company shouldn't have fired employees over email, leaked messages reveal
1 year, 10 months ago

Google's AI tool Bard says company shouldn't have fired employees over email, leaked messages reveal

India Today  

Google employees are reportedly not happy with CEO Sundar Pichai’s email asking them to spend 3-4 hours with the AI tool, Bard. As a result of which, the employees were found asking critical questions to Bard about Google’s policies and whether it was right in firing employees over email. The Bard was also asked to comment upon Pichai’s latest email …

Pichai under fire: Google employees mad at Sundar Pichai for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT
1 year, 10 months ago

Pichai under fire: Google employees mad at Sundar Pichai for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT

Firstpost  

Google recently made news when it unveiled Bard, an AI-powered chatbot. As per a CNBC report, several Google employees are criticizing CEO Sundar Pichai for the way the AI chatbot Bard announcement was handled. The report also showcased a number of posts and memes from Google’s internal forum Memegen that depict staff discussing the Bard announcement. Also read: ChatGPT can …

Google’s Bard AI chatbot: Employees calls it ‘rushed, botched’ announcement
1 year, 10 months ago

Google’s Bard AI chatbot: Employees calls it ‘rushed, botched’ announcement

Live Mint  

Google unveiled its ChatGPT rival – Bard earlier this month. Here’s how Google employees are reacting to Bard announcement as per the CNBC report “Dear Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs were rushed, botched, and myopic,” read one meme. “They are being comically short sighted and un-Googlely in their pursuit of ‘sharpening focus.” “Rushing Bard to market in a …

Google warns against 'hallucinating' AI chatbots: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Google warns against 'hallucinating' AI chatbots: Report

Hindustan Times  

The boss of Google's search engine warned against the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in chatbots in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, as Google parent company Alphabet battles to compete with blockbuster app ChatGPT. Google logo "This kind of artificial intelligence we're talking about right now can sometimes lead to something we call hallucination," Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at …

Google’s Bard fails to enthuse investors, stocks tumble 8% after new ad
1 year, 10 months ago

Google’s Bard fails to enthuse investors, stocks tumble 8% after new ad

The Hindu  

Google’s Bard failed to impress investors with stocks of the tech giant falling by nearly 8%, on Wednesday, a report from Investor’s Business Daily shared. In the video, meant to demonstrate the “experimental conversational AI service powered by LaMDA, Google’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications, Bard responded to three questions. Earlier this week, Microsoft also introduced its AI-powered version of …

Google to launch ChatGPT competitor \'Bard\': Sundar Pichai
1 year, 10 months ago

Google to launch ChatGPT competitor \'Bard\': Sundar Pichai

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the tech giant will soon launch an Artificial Intelligence powered chatbot called '‘Bard', aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. “Bard can be an outlet for creativity, and a launchpad for curiosity," Pichai, the Indian-origin CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, said on Monday, adding …

Google hopes ‘Bard’ will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI
1 year, 10 months ago

Google hopes ‘Bard’ will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Associated Press  

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with “Bard,” a conversational service aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of “trusted testers” before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar …

The AI War: Google officially announces Bard to take on ChatGPT, shows off their AI bot in search
1 year, 10 months ago

The AI War: Google officially announces Bard to take on ChatGPT, shows off their AI bot in search

Firstpost  

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai formally announced Google’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, called BardAI. The company’s new artificial intelligence bot, Bard, intends to “combine the richness of the world’s information with the strength, intellect, and creativity of our massive language models.” Google, clearly is not short on ambition. “Help[s> explain fresh NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discoveries to a 9-year-old, or …

ChatGPT to face competition with its new Google rival ‘Bard’: Know everything
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT to face competition with its new Google rival ‘Bard’: Know everything

India TV News  

ChatGPT came into the limelight in November and since then the founding company OpenAI has been making news. But this is not it, the tech giant Google has been reportedly working on AI for almost six years and has finally unveiled the new competitor of ChatGPT named ‘Bard’. In an official Google blog post, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google CEO …

Google opens Bard chatbot to test users, plans more AI for search
1 year, 10 months ago

Google opens Bard chatbot to test users, plans more AI for search

The Hindu  

Google parent Alphabet Inc is planning to launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, making a riposte to Microsoft Corp in a rivalry to lead a new wave of technology. In a blog post on Monday, Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said the company is opening a conversational AI service called …

‘Job cuts done to avoid much worse issues…': Google CEO Sundar Pichai
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Job cuts done to avoid much worse issues…': Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Hindustan Times  

Days after Technology giant Google announced that it is laying off 12,000 employees, its Chief executive officer Sundar Pichai on Tuesday said that it was made to avoid “much worse issues”, reported Bloomberg. During an internal meeting, Pichai reportedly said that he had “consulted with the company’s founders and board in making the decision for 6% cuts”. Google CEO Sundar …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he will review the exit of top AI researcher
4 years ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he will review the exit of top AI researcher

India Today  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a letter to his employees has addressed the recent exit of Dr Timnit Gebru, a technical co-lead of Google's ethical-artificial-intelligence team, and noted that he will review her exit. "We need to accept responsibility for the fact that a prominent Black, female leader with immense talent left Google unhappily," Pichai noted. "Dr Gebru did not …

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