- Google CEO Sundar Pichai told investors that the company would make its language models available.
- He said on Thursday’s call that AI “is the deepest technology” the company is working on.
- In December, Google management reportedly issued a “code red” in the midst of the ChatGPT launch.
- For more stories, visit www.BusinessInsider.co.za.
Google is eager to show that the company is still “AI first.”
Its CEO, Sundar Pichai, told investors on Thursday that AI “is the deepest technology” the company is working on. His comments came several years after he talked about Google becoming a pioneer in AI.
Pichai said Thursday that the tech giant planned to make its language models, starting with Google’s Language Model for Dialog Applications (LaMDA), available for users to “interact directly.”
“Very soon, people will be able to directly interact with our newest and most powerful language model as a complement to Search, in experimental and innovative ways,” he said.
OpenAI released a chatbot based on a large language model, ChatGPT, in November. The chatbot quickly went viral, sparking mainstream interest in generative AI.
In December, Google management issued a “code red” amid the launch of the OpenAI chatbot, The New York Times reported.
Microsoft, an investor in OpenAI, is reportedly planning to release a version of Bing that incorporates the technology behind ChatGPT. The feature, which aims to provide users with answers to some searches rather than just showing relevant links, could appear as early as the end of March, The Information reported.
Google is also reportedly planning to demo a version of Google Search with AI chatbot features this year.
Google employees are also testing possible challenges for ChatGPT. The bot, “Apprentice Bard,” uses Google’s LaMDA technology, CNBC reported, citing sources and internal communications seen by the publication.
Google did not respond to Insider’s request for further comment made outside of normal business hours.
