Does Google even want to win in AI?

My guest today is The Verge’s Hayden Field, and we’re discussing a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race?

That's because last week, the company announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division. You can read these moves, and Google’s reaction, in a lot of different ways. So I really wanted to sit down with Hayden to dig into some of the smartest analysis we’ve seen this past week, and what we think is really going on here.

Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.

Links: 

The messy politics behind Google’s big AI shakeup | The Verge

Gemini is cooked but GCP is cooking | SemiAnalysis

Google announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership | The Verge

AI lab musical chairs hits Google the hardest | Axios

Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What? | The Verge

Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head | The Verge

Sundar Pichai on AI, search, and the future of the web | The Verge

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