The race to be first in AI technology is getting more intense. The growing acceptance of AI chatbots, especially OpenAI’s ChatGPT, poses difficulties for Google.
In order to better compete with rivals, The New York Times reports that Google will introduce a search engine with chatbot features as well as more than 20 other AI projects. This comes after Google’s senior management made a “code red” announcement last month that it would challenge ChatGPT.
The difficulties for Google are exacerbated by Microsoft’s recent partnership with OpenAI and plans to incorporate ChatGPT into Bing.
As a result, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company’s co-founders, are helping Google advance its chatbot search engine. Company executives sought advice from the founders on how to compete with the growing competition.
Accuracy, safety, and preventing misinformation will be given top priority in the chatbot’s demo. According to The Times, Google is working on a number of AI-related projects, including an app for testing product prototypes, an image-generation tool, and a green-screen mode for YouTube that is comparable to TikTok.
Google is releasing AI technology cautiously and improving its product approval procedures, including fairness and ethics reviews, despite growing concerns about competition. At the I/O conference in May, the company intends to present its upcoming initiatives.
The action suggests that Google wants to stay on top of the trend and is aware of ChatGPT’s expansion. According to CEO Sundar Pichai, Google is getting ready to unveil “some entirely new experiences for users, developers, and businesses.”
This has a price, though, as over 12,000 employees were let go by Google, which drew criticism for it.
