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Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Sundar Pichai answers who would be next Google CEO
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai expects artificial intelligence to play a critical role in the tech giant's future leadership during the Bloomberg Tech Conference earlier this week. On the question of whether a human or AI will run Google in future, Pichai stated, 'I do think whoever is running it will have an extraordinary AI companion .' 'The products we built tremendously impact society. The journey of technologies, doing the hard work to make sure you're harnessing it in a way that benefits people. I think that'll be an important quality to have,' the Google CEO said. Before Pichai took the stage, Meta Platforms Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Andrew Bosworth said there has been a cultural shift in Silicon Valley , where it is now more palatable for the tech industry to develop resources for the US military. The company announced a partnership with defence contractor Anduril Industries Inc. last week to develop products for the US military, including an artificial intelligence-powered helmet with virtual and augmented reality features. Pichai said Google's parent Alphabet will keep hiring engineers at least into 2026, emphasising that human talent remains key even as the company ramps up AI investments. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories 'I expect we will grow from our current engineering base even into next year, because it allows us to do more with the opportunity space,' Pichai said. 'I just view this as making engineers dramatically more productive, getting a lot of the mundane aspects out of what they do.' Tech majors, like Microsoft, have fired more staff this year, reflecting in part the enormous investments needed to ensure leadership in AI. The firings have stoked fears about the technology replacing certain job functions. Google itself has conducted rounds of layoffs in recent years to free up resources. Pichai pointed out that while AI excels in areas like coding, the models continue to make basic mistakes, requiring human intervention.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Anduril Deploys Tech Along Southern Border
Anduril Industries Inc. Executive Chairman Trae Stephens says its technology is being used across the southern border. "We are deployed across somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of the entire southwest border at this point." Stephens speaks to Tom Giles at the Bloomberg Tech summit.
Economic Times
7 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Meta's push into defense tech reflects cultural shift, CTO says
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth said that the 'tides have turned' in Silicon Valley and made it more palatable for the tech industry to support the US military's efforts. There's long existed a 'silent majority' who wanted to pursue defence projects, Bosworth said during an interview at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. 'There's a much stronger patriotic underpinning than I think people give Silicon Valley credit for,' he said. Silicon Valley was founded on military development and 'there's really a long history here that we are kind of hoping to return to, but it is not even day one,' Bosworth added. Meta announced a new partnership with defence contractor Anduril Industries Inc. last week to develop products for the US military, including an artificial intelligence-powered helmet with virtual and augmented reality features. Bosworth described Silicon Valley's new openness to work with the US military as a 'return to grace.' Bosworth is one of the company's most visible leaders. After serving in various engineering-focused roles over the last two decades, he now oversees the social media giant's Reality Labs unit. His team is focused on virtual and augmented reality devices, including its Ray-Ban Meta glasses and Quest VR headsets. 'History has its eyes on us,' Bosworth said, noting that he expects this year to be particularly consequential for his team. 'Do people adopt the technology or do they not?' he asked of the Reality Labs' products, suggesting that the market will determine their success.
