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Google's AI Pivot: How The Tech Giant Fought Back To Become A Generative AI Powerhouse
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22:29Now PlayingGoogle created the core technology of generative AI—the Transformer (the "T" in ChatGPT)—yet was caught "flatfooted" by OpenAI's release.
On this episode of Beyond the Billions, Forbes senior writer Richard Nieva joins Deputy Editor Giacomo Tognini to dive into the dramatic corporate struggle: why the incumbent delayed commercializing its AI due to reputational risk, the internal "Code Red" declared by the company, and the return of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to drive the turnaround.
They detail the massive strategic shift, including merging Google Brain and DeepMind, the release of the high-quality Gemini model, and the advantage of their proprietary Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Learn how these changes led to Alphabet's stock soaring more than 60%. We also look ahead to their $90 billion infrastructure investment and the potential for commercializing DeepMind's AlphaFold, the software that won its creators a Nobel prize.
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