Editor’s notice: At this time, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared the next notice to workers.
Hello Googlers,
It has been an thrilling few days for AI throughout our merchandise. We noticed NotebookLM with Audio Overviews go viral, added extra methods to discover data in Search and Lens, and launched a revamped Google Procuring for the AI period. We additionally simply shared an enormous milestone in our work to assist medical doctors use AI to detect diabetic retinopathy: 600,000 screenings and counting, and we’re increasing entry to extra individuals throughout India and Thailand. There’s much more to come back.
AI strikes quicker than any know-how earlier than it. To maintain rising the tempo of progress, we have been making shifts to simplify our buildings alongside the way in which, together with the creation of Google DeepMind and the becoming a member of of the Platforms & Units groups. As a subsequent step, Prabhakar and I’ve been considering by tips on how to construction our Information & Info group for the Gemini period, and right now we shared the next modifications:
- The Gemini app group led by Sissie will be part of Google DeepMind beneath Demis. Because the identify suggests, the Gemini app is the direct client interface to the newest and biggest Gemini fashions. Bringing the groups nearer collectively will enhance suggestions loops, allow quick deployment of our new fashions within the Gemini app, make our post-training work proceed extra effectively and construct on our nice product momentum.
- The Assistant groups targeted on gadgets and residential experiences will transfer to Platforms & Units to allow them to sit nearer to the product surfaces they’re constructing for and convey our AI-powered dwelling initiatives into one group and concentrate on enhancing consumer expertise.
In parallel to this, Prabhakar has determined it’s time to make an enormous leap in his personal profession. After 12 years main groups throughout Google, he’ll return to his laptop science roots and tackle the function of Chief Technologist, Google. On this function, he’ll accomplice carefully with me and Google results in present technical route and management and develop our tradition of tech excellence. Nick Fox, a longtime Googler and member of Prabhakar’s management group, shall be stepping as much as lead Ok&I, which incorporates our Search, Adverts, Geo, and Commerce merchandise.
Prabhakar’s management journey at Google has been outstanding, spanning Analysis, Workspace, Adverts, and Ok&I. He led the Gmail group in launching Good Reply and Good Compose as early examples of utilizing AI to enhance merchandise, and took Gmail and Drive previous 1 billion customers. Throughout Ok&I, Prabhakar and group have achieved important progress and innovation: from launching AI Overviews, a groundbreaking development in Search that advantages a whole lot of tens of millions of customers worldwide to introducing new search modalities like Circle to Search, video understanding, and “store what you see” in Lens — all whereas enhancing core Search performance. Maps and Procuring have remodeled with AI-driven options like immersive view and digital try-on. And in Adverts, we’ve made actual progress with AI-powered advert codecs and streamlined marketing campaign administration, whereas persevering with to innovate with Efficiency Max to empower tens of millions of companies.
I’m so grateful to Prabhakar for the robust basis and management bench he’s constructed throughout Ok&I. That features his unimaginable senior leaders and Nick who is able to hit the bottom working in his new function as SVP of Ok&I!
Over the previous few years, Nick has been instrumental in shaping Google’s AI product roadmap and collaborating carefully with Prabhakar and his management group on Ok&I’s technique. And all through his profession, Nick has demonstrated management throughout practically each side of Ok&I, from Product and Design in Search and Assistant, to our Procuring, Journey, and Funds merchandise. He was additionally a pioneering chief in Adverts, the place he helped set up a rigorous high quality and user-focused strategy that continues to be key to our success. Nick has launched revolutionary client merchandise like Google Fi and spearheaded complicated initiatives akin to RCS messaging. I regularly flip to Nick to deal with our most difficult product questions and he constantly delivers progress with tenacity, velocity, and optimism.
Congratulations to Nick, and a heartfelt thanks to Prabhakar for his management by quite a few know-how shifts and for constructing a robust basis for the longer term.
– Sundar
