Google employees bombard leaders with questions about the company's AI strategy, asking if it's become too AI-focused

Google employees bombard leaders with questions about the company’s AI strategy, asking if it’s become too AI-focused

May 21, 2023

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Googlers asked CEO Sundar Pichai several questions about AI at an all-hands meeting.
The most recent Google I/O developer conference focused largely on generative AI.
Some Googlers were concerned about the impact of Google’s aggressive push to build generative AI.

It was Google’s TGIF (Thank God It’s Friday) all-hands this week, where employees get to put their most burning question to CEO Sundar Pichai and other company leaders. Top of mind for employees was AI, including the company’s recent showcase of generative AI products at its I/O developer conference on May 10.

One employee said that after “weeks of flubs and embarrassing news stories,” the response to I/O was “overwhelmingly positive.” Staff also had concerns about the impacts of Google’s aggressive push to build generative AI into all of its products.