Google CEO Sundar Pichai with Emily Chang at the APEC CEO Summit in Moscone West, San Francisco, California on November 16, 2023 chat. The APEC summit will be held in San Francisco on November 17.
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letter CEO Sundar Pichai is full of challenges Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella enters artificial intelligence duel.
Well, sort of.
“I’d love to do a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft’s own model and our model anytime, anywhere,” Pichai told interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday. “
Pichai’s remarks came after Sorkin read aloud comments Nadella made in an interview earlier this year, in which the Microsoft CEO questioned Google’s use of artificial intelligence after an incident with the search giant’s AI product earlier this year. Position in the intelligence arms race.
“Google should be the default winner in the big tech AI race,” Nadella said in a March note from Norges Bank Investment Management. podcast. “Google is a very capable company, obviously they have the talent and the computing power. They are a vertically integrated player in this. They own everything from data to wafers to models to product and distribution.”
“When it comes to artificial intelligence, you are the originals,” Sorkin told Pichai after reading Nadella’s comments. He asked Pichai: “Where do you think you are on this journey relative to other players?”
“They’re using someone else’s model,” Pichai added after saying he was happy to do a side-by-side comparison.
“You’re challenging us,” Sorkin responded.
Pichai laughed, shook his head and added: “I just — I have a lot of respect for them and the team.”
Large language models are a type of artificial intelligence that can be trained on large amounts of data to analyze and generate human language. While Microsoft does have its own artificial intelligence models, many of the advanced features in its latest products are powered by OpenAI’s LL.M.
Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, the market for chatbots and related AI tools has exploded, providing consumers with a new way to find information online beyond traditional search. Soon after, Microsoft announced a partnership with OpenAI to incorporate ChatGPT into the Bing search engine.
Google has used its LL.M.s for years to power its artificial intelligence and search products. Google’s latest LLM is the Gemini series, which powers its conversational artificial intelligence and competes with OpenAI’s GPT model. The company released a more advanced Gemini product in May.
The latest comments come as tech companies are at loggerheads in an escalating arms race over artificial intelligence, particularly between Microsoft and Google.
In October, Microsoft took the unusual step of publicly accusing long-time rival Google of conducting “shadow activities” in Europe, claiming they were aimed at discrediting the search giant in front of regulators.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Pichai’s remarks.
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