Google’s Sundar Pichai sings China’s praises in AI, pledges bigger team
Beijing/San Francisco: Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, expects China to play a crucial role in artificial intelligence as he keeps expanding the search giant’s workforce in the country, even as many of its services are blocked. “China is already playing a big part in how AI will shape our futures,” Pichai said at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing. “When we build together we get to better ideas faster.” Google has invested in Chinese startups, forged a patent alliance with Tencent Holdings Ltd and is pushing its TensorFlow AI tools in the country despite key services such as search and email remaining blocked. To illustrate China’s growing prowess, Pichai pointed to podcast service Cast Box as an example of local apps that are gaining international popularity.
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