Sundar Pichai

Google Bard: The email indicates urgency in Google's approach in order to win the next generation of AI-based search.

As an AI-first company, we've been working towards this for many years and are ready for it," Pichai said, as per the report. Earlier, Google saw internal turmoil over its AI-based initiatives, as some employees feared the technology was not ready and could cause harm, like the spread of bias or misinformation. [Microsoft](/topic/microsoft) released a revamped version of its Bing search engine powered by ChatGPT.

Google has been under pressure after it was criticised for slow response in launching a ChatGPT rival product, and then for releasing its AI tool Bard in a ...

It is to be noted that Google wasn't a winner in launching products after others. “I know this moment is uncomfortably exciting, and that’s to be expected: the underlying technology is evolving rapidly with so much potential,” CNBC quoted a letter that Pichai wrote in a company wide email. “Some of our most successful products were not first to market.

One particularly popular post criticised Pichai's leadership, asserting that he and the company “deserve a Perf NI” for their shortsightedness in pursuing a ...

And it’s an ideal time for Google’s board of directors to think: Is Pichai the way forward? If the company doesn’t act and compete with Microsoft’s Bing, it might lose a chunk of its search ad revenue. It is to be noted that Google’s stocks have plummeted by around 30% in the last year. One post noted that firing 12,000 people had led to a mere 3% bump in the stock price, while a rushed AI presentation caused the stock to drop by 8%. One worker even went so far as to post an image of a dumpster fire with a Google logo superimposed on it, saying that it was emblematic of how the employees had been feeling since last year. Additionally, since the launch of Bard, Google has been seeing a lot of discontent among its employees on their internal meme messaging platform ‘memegen’.

The calls for help from employees come after Alphabet stock dropped sharply last week following Microsoft's announcement about how it's integrating ChatGPT ...

In the email, he reportedly said "this will be a long journey for everyone, across the field." "Bard learns best by example, so taking the time to rewrite a response thoughtfully will go a long way in helping us to improve the mode," a document sent by Raghavan said. Google LLC sent out the tech equivalent of an "all hands on deck" alarm to its employees on Wednesday in response to a threat posed to its search dominance — the new capabilities of Microsoft Corp.'s Bing.

Asks them to 'pressure test Bard and make the product better'

He may have been referring to Google cornering most of the search engine market despite not being the first mover. However, Pichai sought to clarify in his mail that the inability to launch a product before its competition never affected Google's ability to win. The employees are expected to get detailed instructions in this regard next week.

Sundar Pichai sent a memo to all his employees, asking them to take two to four hours out of their day to make its search AI actually usable.

Of course, not all of these employees are suitable for the job, but a significant number of them are software developers. He added, “We’re looking forward to receiving all of your feedback — in the spirit of an internal hackathon. In the email he sent, Pichai emphasized the importance of working together and asked his employees to contribute to the development of artificial intelligence. According to a leaked internal email, Google is asking all of its employees to spend two to four hours of their day testing Google’s “ Therefore, the new plan is to direct all employees to the artificial intelligence project. Here are the details…

Google has been under pressure after it was criticised for slow response in launching a ChatGPT rival product, and then for releasing its AI tool Bard in a ...

It is to be noted that Google wasn't a winner in launching products after others. “I know this moment is uncomfortably exciting, and that’s to be expected: the underlying technology is evolving rapidly with so much potential,” CNBC quoted a letter that Pichai wrote in a company wide email. “Some of our most successful products were not first to market.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai asked employees to work for 2-4 hours a day on Bard AI to make it a worthy competition of Microsoft backed ChatGPT.

“Some of our most successful products were not first to market. Once the weakness came to light, Google's stocks plunged worrying the stakeholders. Bard delivered inaccurate results to a query referring to the James Webb Space Telescope during early demo trials.

Googles parent Alphabet Inc announced layoffs last month, saying that the company would be firing 12000 employees or 6% of its staff globally.

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The official mail to fired Google employees also included some inputs from CEO Sundar Pichai. He agreed to take full responsibility for the decisions that ...

TRENDING Meta has also let go off 13,000 employees. The report suggests that the mail also included some inputs from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Last month Alphabet Inc announced that the parent company of Google, would be firing 12,000 employees or 6 per cent of its total headcount globally. The sackings were said to have taken place late at night on Thursday. According to a report by businessline, the mail was sent by Sanjay Gupta, Country Head and Vice President of Google India.