Posted 4/8/2024, 10:16:00 AM
Google AI Woes Raise Questions on Leadership
- Google's AI chatbot Gemini still isn't fixed over a month after rollout fiasco, despite promises of a quick fix
- Critics claim continued issues show embattled Google CEO Sundar Pichai is failing to manage company and should potentially lose his job
- Pichai enjoying lots of leeway from Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, but recent AI stumbles damaging confidence
- Company culture said to be adrift; Microsoft faced similar issues before CEO change and refocus under Satya Nadella
- Detractors say Pichai's leadership exposing Google as bloated, mediocre monopoly; breakup may better serve users