It is up to governments, not companies, to regulate artificial intelligence. That was the message from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in an interview with CBS that focused on the Google parent’s AI ambitions.
Alphabet (Ticker: GOOGL) is still battling the perception that it’s lagging behind Microsoft (MSFT) in AI. Pichai has resisted this in a number of media interviews, including recently to the Wall Street Journal, that the company will integrate AI into its flagship search engine, Google.
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It is up to governments, not companies, to regulate artificial intelligence. That was the message from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in an interview with CBS that focused on the Google parent’s AI ambitions.
Alphabet (Ticker: GOOGL) is still battling the perception that it’s lagging behind Microsoft (MSFT) in AI. Pichai has resisted this in a number of media interviews, including recently to the Wall Street Journal, that the company will integrate AI into its flagship search engine, Google.
Alphabet shares fell nearly 3% in early trade on Monday after the New York Times reported over the weekend that Microsoft’s Bing could replace Google as the default search engine on Samsung Electronics (005930.Korea) devices. Microsoft shares rose 0.9%.
“I have always considered AI to be the most profound technology humanity is working on. More profound than fire or electricity or anything we’ve done in the past,” Pichai said Sunday in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes program.
Pichai said it is “not for a company to decide” how AI will be regulated in the future.
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“There has to be regulation. They will need laws…there must be consequences for creating deepfake videos that harm society,” Pichai said.
The rapid advancement in AI has become a controversial topic following the recent release of a letter signed by Elon Musk and several AI researchers calling for a pause in training more powerful systems.
However, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Musk is now reportedly considering starting his own company with a focus on AI, according to the Financial Times. The billionaire, who also owns social media company Twitter, was named X.ai Corp. in a founding document filed in March. appointed director.
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