Gmail: The Second Product at Google

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Gmail was a ground-bacon product because it was like, oh, yeah, you never have to worry about deleting your emails. How does the bar team and the office team, the Gmail team and the YouTube team work together? I got really specific requests that I want for YouTube and I want for Gmail. So how is that working? Do they have their own version of bard and they just go off to the races on it? But you have this core platform technology. How do you take bard and Gmail and YouTube and then incorporate them?

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Today's Show:

Jack Krawczyk, the head Google’s Bard team, chats with Jason about Bard’s capabilities and Google’s plan for monetization. Following a few demonstrations of the AI chatbot (43:32), Jason wraps the episode with some thoughts on the series finale of HBO’s Succession (01:01:45)

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(00:00) Jack Krawczyk joins Jason

(4:58) Discussing the responsible release of products

(7:43) The delicate balance of choosing to release or hold

(10:24) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist

(11:57) Addressing concerns about the usage of creators' content

(13:42) Unpacking the process of vetting new features and the purpose of Google's Red Team

(18:39) Integrating tools and features into the framework of Bard

(20:51) Upholding core values in the incorporation of tools

(23:58) Hampton - Join Hampton's community of high-growth founders today at https://joinhampton.com/twist

(25:23) The impact of Bard's coding capabilities on developers