Pichai also discussed the advances he's excited about, including the multimodality of Google's latest LLM, which can process different types of inputs simultaneously, and the potential of chaining discrete answers together to create smarter workflows. He did not provide specific tactics that have proven successful at Google, but highlighted the difficulty of creating the right incentives.
Key takeaways:
- Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai spoke at a Stanford event, discussing the challenges of maintaining innovation in a large company and the importance of risk-taking.
- Pichai acknowledged Google's late start on generative AI compared to competitors like Microsoft-funded OpenAI, despite Google's focus on AI for the past decade.
- He highlighted the importance of rewarding effort, risk-taking, and good execution, rather than just outcomes, to encourage innovation and risk-taking within the company.
- Pichai expressed excitement about the multimodality of Google's latest LLM and the potential of chaining different discrete answers together to provide smarter workflows.