Google's Six Month Pause on AI

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I've never seen a technology in its earliest days with as much concern as AI. I would make sure we get privacy regulation, right? So you know, because if you have a foundational approach to privacy, that should apply to AI technologies too. It is so clear to me that these systems are going to be very, very capable.

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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Sundar Pichai is the chief executive of Google.

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The launch of ChatGPT caused a ‘code red’ inside Google and prompted the release of Google’s Bard.
More than 1,000 technology leaders and researchers signed onto an open letter calling for a pause in the development of A.I.