In a recent event at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Farnam Jahanianthe president of the university, made waves when he asked for Sundar PichaiCEO of alphabet and Google, a generated questions using Perplexity Ai.
Jahanian directed the same invite ‘What questions should be asked to Sundar Pichai if they were in an elevator together’ ‘using gemini and perplexity to generate questions, the two models of AI generated 3 questions and the Valid accent of the host on the last question posed by perplexity, “discuss his opinions on failure in the technology industry. How does he encourage his team to take risks and what lessons did -It learned from his career?
He answered the question with honesty and humility: “In technology, I think failures are an important part of your trip. When you want to work on really ambitious things, first of all, no one else works on it, so you tend to have less competition. It attracts the best people in the world … Even if you fail to accomplish what you have decided to do, everything you have created in the process will always be extreme gives precious results.
This decision triggered the mixed emotions of the public, while Pichai took the questions in stride highlighting his sense of humor in a large -scale discussion otherwise technological. It was a light moment that highlighted the speed with which AI tools and perplexity are part of the daily technological conversations.
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Pichai seemed confident and ready in his answers reflecting his confidence in Google’s vision.
Obviously, Pichai does not seem to consider perplexity as a significant threat. With Google which continues to push the limits with innovations such as Gemini, the research giant focuses on more important challenges such as the integration of generating AI in its vast ecosystem, rather than worrying about Other players on the field.
When speculation such as perplexity posing a threat to Gemini was increasing, Arvind Srinivasa poster On X, to say: “The desire to compete with Google is less to obtain a research market share. This is probably true for Microsoft, but not for Openai or Perplexity. It is more about looking for the excellence of engineering and creating experiences that were not possible before. »»
Perplexity has been nicknamed a ‘Google Search Wrapper,“Also gain ground for its ability to provide rapid responses and generated by AI. The perplexity could have exploited Google Search himself, adding a conversational layer which facilitates the recovery of information quickly and in a friendly format. Given that Sundar Pichai’s own business is at the forefront of research technology, this moment had an ironic touch. Questions from a competitor, although fun, surely highlighted the scalable landscape of AI research tools.