Pichai also discussed the need to balance fair use with giving value back to creators, and predicted that Congress and the Supreme Court will want to weigh in on these issues. He also offered a more cautious outlook on the growth of the AI sector, suggesting that progress will become more challenging and that deeper breakthroughs will be needed as the sector moves to the next stage.
Key takeaways:
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai predicts that creators will soon be directly compensated for their contributions to artificial intelligence, with a marketplace developing for creators to get paid for AI models.
- Google is already licensing select content for AI from sources such as Reddit, the Associated Press and the New York Times.
- Music generation technology has been integrated into YouTube, but it has been primarily given as tools for artists to use, not in the hands of users.
- Pichai believes that progress in the AI sector is going to get harder, with the need for deeper breakthroughs as the industry moves to the next stage.