Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai on Bard, A.I. ‘Whiplash’ and Competing With ChatGPT

Hard Fork

The New York Times

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🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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For years, Google was seen as one of the most cutting-edge developers of A.I. But, with OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT, and other chatbots beating Google to market, is that distinction still the case? Google’s chief executive is in an unenviable position: Scramble to catch up or, in the face of potentially harmful technology, move slowly. Today, Sundar Pichai on Google’s delicate balance between A.I. innovation and safety.

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0:00.0	So, as of last week, Bard Google's effort at building consumer grade AI is out in the
0:07.8	world.
0:08.8	And I think it's for to say the early reviews were not amazing.
0:11.8	And I sort of imagined that we would discuss that at a really high level this week.
0:16.6	But then last week I got a phone call.
0:19.0	And someone I know at Google said, would you maybe want to talk this week to Sooner
0:24.0	Pichai?
0:25.5	And I said, yes.
0:27.0	I didn't take you a lot of deliberation on that one.
0:34.0	I'm Kevin Ruse, I'm a tech college student in New York Times.
0:37.5	I'm Casey Newton from Platformer and you're listening to HardFork.
0:41.5	This week we hit the road and take a trip to the Googleplex to talk to Google CEO Soon
0:47.0	and our Pichai.
1:11.9	So last week we talked about Google's new chatbot called Bard, which is supposed to be their
1:17.3	answer to chat GPT and some of these other generative AI chatbots.
1:22.0	And I think it's safe to say that the reaction among the public to Bard so far has been
1:26.8	pretty lukewarm.
1:28.4	My Twitter timeline is not full of screenshots of Bard conversations like it was of chat GPT
1:34.2	conversations late last year when that came out.
1:36.8	It doesn't seem to have landed with nearly as big a splash.
1:39.3	It was a little muted.
1:40.3	You know, I think by this point a lot of people have tried chatbots and they feel like
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