Alphabet Inc.’s Sundar Pichai said his company will continue to expand his engineering classifications at least to 2026, emphasize human talent remains essential, even when Google’s parents increase AI investments.
Speaking in Bloomberg Tech Conference in São Francisco, Pebble He said he will continue to invest in engineering in the near future.
US technology leaders like Microsoft had more employees this year, partly reflecting the huge investments necessary to ensure the leadership in There. The shots would be afraid of technology replacing certain work functions. Google The herself has led rounds of layoffs in recent years to release resources.
“I hope we grow up from our current engineering base until next year, because it allows us to do more with the space of opportunity,” Pichai said in a conversation with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang. “I just see this like making dramatically more productive engineers, gaining many worldly aspects than they do.”
Still, Pichai presented an AI view that was both optimistic about the possibilities of technology and sober mind about some of its current limitations. While AI stands out in areas such as coding, models continue to make basic errors, said Pichai.
“So we are currently on an absolute path to Aga? I think someone can say for sure,” said Pichai. He was referring to artificial general intelligence: the dream of building AI that can present itself on an equal footing with human beings.
As Google incorporates more in its research mechanism, the editors sounded the alarm about how the AIA’s AI answers deprive them of traffic. Pichai emphasized that the company is still committed to sending traffic to the web.
“Compared to most companies in the world, we are careful to design an experience that will show links,” said Pichai. “We have taken a long time testing general AI views and prioritized approaches that resulted in high quality traffic. I am confident that in many years this is how Google will work.”
Pichai leads Google since 2015, when he took the reins of Google co-founder Larry Page, committing himself to focusing even more on AI.
Asked about a CEO when the company celebrates its 50th birthday, Pichai joked, “Anyone who is running will have an extraordinary AI companion.”
At the same conference on Wednesday, Meta Platforms Inc. Director of Technology, Andrew Bosworth, said there was a cultural change in Silicon Valley and is now more palatable for the technology industry to support US military efforts.
The company announced a partnership with the Anda Industries Inc. Defense Contractor last week to develop products for US military, including an artificial intelligence helmet with virtual and increased reality resources.
“There is a much stronger patriotic base than I think people give credit to the Silicon Valley,” he said.
The co-founder of the Andean, Pray Stephens and other industry leaders, such as CEO of Perplexity Ai Inc., Aravind Srinivas, will join Bloomberg Tech Summit on Thursday.
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