Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the tech giant’s popular search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025.
Pichai made the remark during an interview at The New York Times‘ Dealbook Summit, where he also spent a lot of time discussing AI. “I think you’ll be surprised even early in ’25 the kind of newer things search can do compared to where it is today,” the CEO said.
AI is Google’s main focus, and Pichai, perhaps unsurprisingly, suggested his company’s AI models compete well against those from Microsoft. “I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft’s own models and our models any day, any time,” Pichai said, adding: “They’re using someone else’s models.” Microsoft is backing OpenAI, and the two firms have been working together closely to share resources in AI development (and fight lawsuits).
Pichai believes AI models will get better next year at overall reasoning and completing multi-step processes, but admits there will be challenges along the way. “The…
