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TechCheck+ Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai 5/14/24

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CNBC

Management, Cnbc, Tech, Faang, Investing, Business, Disruptors, Technology

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai joins CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa at Google I/O developer conference to talk its new AI rollout, project Astra, its response to OpenAI’s search competitor and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Sander thank you so much for making the time after that fantastic keynote

0:03.4

so great to be here thank you

0:05.2

so this is pretty much the biggest overhaul of search that we've seen in what two

0:09.3

decades this new experience will be available to over a billion users by the end of the year.

0:15.0

Why did you wait until now?

0:17.0

In some ways we have been evolving it continuously.

0:20.0

The good thing about searches people comfortably use it. They take it for granted.

0:24.4

We've been answering questions for a while. But with generative AI we can do it a lot better.

0:29.7

We've been testing it for a while and we now feel it's the right moment to

0:33.8

roll it out broadly. And feedback has been good right from the user.

0:37.1

user engagement has been positive, the feedback has been great. I think it makes the

0:42.1

product much better,

0:43.2

and so it's a great direction.

0:44.5

What about advertisers?

0:45.8

Because this will change the business model.

0:48.1

In some cases, you're going to get links

0:49.8

from a traditional search.

0:50.7

In some cases, you're going to get a generative AI answer

0:53.4

which would move those links lower down on the page. Are they ready for this moment?

0:58.0

What are you telling them about their ability to reach your users?

1:01.0

You know the great thing is users still value commercial information.

1:05.5

Our ads work based on intent and quality and relevant at the right time.

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