A look at Google's scramble to add generative AI to its products, reminding some employees of the rush to infuse Google+ into every key service starting in 2011
Artificial intelligence was supposed to be Google's thing. The company has cultivated a reputation for making long-term bets …
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Shirin Ghaffary
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Silicon Valley's AI frenzy isn't just another crypto craze
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@marie_haynes
Dr. Marie Haynes
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This is a good read about the AI technology that Sundar Pichai has called “more profound than fire or electricity”. “Google wants to make sure that it's not the Xerox Parc of its era,” says Desai. “All the innovation happened there, but https://www.bloomberg.com/...... https://tw…
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@aaronwall
Aaron
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AI is the new Google+ https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@marie_haynes
Dr. Marie Haynes🐧
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This is a good read about the AI technology that Sundar Pichai has called “more profound than fire or electricity.” “Google wants to make sure that it's not the Xerox Parc of its era,” says Desai. “All the innovation happened there, but https://www.bloomberg.com/...... https://tw…
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@daveyalba
Davey Alba
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—Workers are pulling late nights to deliver; some products have been rejiggered to include generative AI elements —As one worker said: “There is an unhealthy combination of abnormally high expectations and great insecurity about any AI-related initiative” https://www.bloomberg.co…
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@jimpethokoukis
James Pethokoukis
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As one current employee puts it: “There is an unhealthy combination of abnormally high expectations and great insecurity about any AI-related initiative.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @BW
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@daveyalba
Davey Alba
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New from me & @byJuliaLove: —Pichai is weighing in on details of gen AI products, w/c would usually be 3 or 4 levels beneath him —There's a new directive that products w/ 1B+ users must incorporate generative AI within months Our look inside “code red”: https://www.bloomberg.com/…
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@rustybrick
Barry Schwartz
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Google AI stuffing... https://twitter.com/...
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Joe Weisenthal
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So funny how OpenAI was ostensibly all about safe development of AI (and maybe it is) but the real effect is to set off an arms race so publicly traded companies rush out products to satisfy investors https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...