Does Google even want to win in AI?
About this episode
From the show’s notesMy guest today is The Verge’s Hayden Field, and we’re discussing a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race?
That's because last week, the company announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division. You can read these moves, and Google’s reaction, in a lot of different ways. So I really wanted to sit down with Hayden to dig into some of the smartest analysis we’ve seen this past week, and what we think is really going on here.
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Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.
Links:
The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup | The Verge
Gemini is cooked but GCP is cooking | SemiAnalysis
Google announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership | The Verge
AI lab musical chairs hits Google the hardest | Axios
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What? | The Verge
Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head | The Verge
Sundar Pichai on AI, search, and the future of the web | The Verge
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Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Ursa Wright. Our supervising producer is Greg Ott, and our editorial director is Kevin McShane.
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