HBR IdeaCast
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Leadership, AI, and Big Tech
May 30, 2023
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, leads the charge on AI innovation, emphasizing its transformative potential across industries. He discusses the collaborative role of generative AI in enhancing workplace productivity and decision-making. As he navigates the balance between innovation and safety in AI development, Pichai highlights the evolving responsibilities of CEOs in today’s fast-paced environment. He shares ambitious visions for AI's impact on education and the importance of quality journalism in delivering business insights.
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- Generative AI models can serve as AI collaborators and provide valuable insights and assistance in various professional contexts.
- Google's introduction of Gemini, a multimodal generative AI model, represents the next step in the evolution of generative AI models.
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Generative AI as an AI Collaborator in the Workplace
Generative AI, specifically large language models, can serve as AI collaborators in various professional contexts. They can work alongside software engineers, financial analysts, radiologists, and customer service agents, providing valuable insights, assistance, and suggestions. Companies like Deutsche Bank are already leveraging generative AI to support their financial analysts. The potential use cases for AI collaborators in the workplace are growing, from generating text outputs to providing visuals and images, or even assisting in voice-based interactions. This trend of AI collaboration is driven by the progress in generative AI models that are multimodal and trained on different types of data, resulting in more versatile outputs.
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