“Senior management has declared a ‘code red’ that comes with a directive that all of its most important products—those with more than a billion users—must incorporate generative AI within months, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.”
Julia Love & Davey Alba
Google is sprinting to turn generative AI into a commercial advantage after years of leading the AI marathon, reports Bloomberg. A self-declared “AI-first” company since 2016, Google R&D dominated published research papers between 2020 to 2022, according to an analysis by Zeta Alpha.
“Silicon Valley has entered a full-on hype cycle,” says Bloomberg. Many startups in the generative AI space are run by ex-Google employees.