Show Notes
My guest today is The Verge’s Hayden Field, and we’re discussing a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race?
That's because last week, the company announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division. You can read these moves, and Google’s reaction, in a lot of different ways. So I really wanted to sit down with Hayden to dig into some of the smartest analysis we’ve seen this past week, and what we think is really going on here.
Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.
Links:
The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup | The Verge
Gemini is cooked but GCP is cooking | SemiAnalysis
Google announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership | The Verge
AI lab musical chairs hits Google the hardest | Axios
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What? | The Verge
Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head | The Verge
Sundar Pichai on AI, search, and the future of the web | The Verge
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