CEO OF “GOOGLE”, SUNDAR PICHAI FACES CRITICISM AS THE HEAT OF THE AI WAR RISES
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, is under fire for losing the company's lead in AI as it tries to catch up to OpenAI and Microsoft. Others have begun to doubt his ability to lead as a result.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, is under fire for losing the company's lead in AI as it tries to catch up to OpenAI and Microsoft. Others have begun to doubt his ability to lead as a result.
Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin thought about Google's age when they revealed that they will step down from their day-to-day positions at Google parent Alphabet in 2019 and deliver Sundar Pichai the keys to the kingdom. “The firm should "leave the roost" if it were a young adult of age, they said. We think it's time to play the part of proud parents—providing guidance and affection, but refraining from nagging!”
Four years later, the missing parents have reappeared as Google battles AI competitors determined to unseat the company's venerable search division. With the help of OpenAI, the startup company that created the ChatGPT generative AI bot, Microsoft, a formerly dormant competitor, has resurrected itself with a new version of Bing. As the chatbot gained popularity, Page and Brin, who had left their formal roles to serve as consultants for the business, started to play a more active role. They started to attend AI strategy sessions. Brin worked with code.
"Google's board, including the founders, must inquire as to whether Sundar Pichai should step down or if Pichai is the best candidate to lead the firm." Om Malik, a seasoned Silicon Valley author, published something last month. "Does the business require a CEO who is more offensively minded? Is someone ready to break some eggs who are dissatisfied with the current situation? Ben Thompson, a reputable tech analyst, addressed the issue on his highly-read blog Stratechery after reading Malik's piece and lending credibility to it. On the social media site Blind, under the topic "Will Sundar Pichai be ousted?" Google employees anonymously speculated about it.
Besides all of the criticisms that the CEO, Sundar Pichai faces, he is still highly regarded within Google, and anyone who criticizes his leadership is eager to point out how amazing and clever he is before continuing. Several of Pichai's detractors use the Ben Horowtiz-invented cliche of the peacetime CEO and wartime CEO, which was first used in 2011. He said that a CEO in times of peace has a "significant edge" over the competitors in his or her main market, but a CEO in times of conflict is like a general "fending off an immediate existential danger."
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