Google DeepMind’s India chiefs on the race to make AI cheaper, safer — and finally good at code

Sundar Pichai pushes back on claims Google is losing ground in AI race

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai used ​Wednesday’s earnings call to mount a robust defence of Google’s AI strategy, pushing ⁠back on concerns that the company has fallen behind rivals after delaying a flagship model and ceding ground in AI coding.

Google DeepMind’s India chiefs on the race to make AI cheaper, safer — and finally good at code

Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai’s admission in a New York Times podcast that Google is “falling a little behind” in AI coding tools has become one of the more pointed lines to emerge from the search giant’s leadership this year.