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Sundar Pichai

Kim Kardashian, Mike Tyson to join CEOs at Mukesh Ambani’s son’s wedding

Samsung boss Jay Lee, ex-UK PM Johnson and Fifa chief Infantino among 1,200 guests attending wedding of Anant Ambani and fiancée Radhika Merchant.

11 Jul 2024 - 3:40PM

Artificial intelligence

Google supercharges AI search in competition with OpenAI

15 May 2024 - 12:04PM

Millionaires and billionaires

Why are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple boss Tim Cook feuding?

30 Apr 2024 - 7:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Google consolidates teams with aim to create AI products faster

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced changes to Google’s workplace teams structure, saying the moves will help the company develop AI products and services faster and more efficiently.

19 Apr 2024 - 5:11PM

Google

Google cuts jobs, shifts some roles abroad amid economic uncertainty

Google has not specified how many employees will be laid off, but said some will be able to apply for internal roles.

18 Apr 2024 - 2:42PM

India

India comes for China’s manufacturing crown as supply chains slowly shift

Reforms and incentives are attracting international investors looking to diversify away from China amid its intensifying rivalry with the US. But India still has a way to go to catch up to its neighbour to the north.

23 Mar 2024 - 10:17AMvideocam

Racism and other prejudice

Opinion | Is the US’ ‘bamboo ceiling’ slowing East Asian career progress?

A closer look finds East Asians significantly behind South Asians in climbing corporate rungs in the US. One difference could be that modesty, reticence and other traditional East Asian attributes are seen as weaknesses in the brash, self-promoting West.

11 Mar 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su holds up a chip during her keynote address at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, on January 4, 2023. In corporate America, white women and men are still more than twice as likely to reach the executive suite than their Asian counterparts. Photo: Matt Haldane

Mukesh Ambani and family

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s OTT pre-wedding – from Rihanna to Zuck

Tycoons, heads of state, and Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on the small western Indian city of Jamnagar for a 3-day extravaganza celebrating Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant

6 Mar 2024 - 4:00AMvideocam

India

Rihanna, Zuckerberg among stars to celebrate Ambani’s son’s pre-wedding bash

Global tycoons, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on Jamnagar, where Mukesh Ambani held a pre-wedding bash for his youngest son, Anant Ambani, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant.

4 Mar 2024 - 7:05PM

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft Bing’s market share nearly the same after ChatGPT add-on

While the AI tool has boosted user numbers and time spend on Bing, Google maintains its dominance in web search, data shows.

19 Jan 2024 - 11:51AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Google cuts over 1,000 jobs to focus on AI amid rivalry with Microsoft

The cuts struck both rank-and-file employees and executives, including four vice-presidents and 25 directors.

12 Jan 2024 - 11:55AM

Artificial intelligence

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race

Google on Wednesday launched project Gemini, an artificial intelligence model trained to behave in humanlike ways, that is likely to intensify the debate about AI’s potential promise and perils.

7 Dec 2023 - 7:04PM

Artificial intelligence

China will be at forefront of AI, Alphabet CEO Pichai says

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he expects China to be ‘at the forefront’ of artificial intelligence, and that it is important for the US to collaborate with the Asian nation on both regulation and innovation.

17 Nov 2023 - 4:42PM

China technology

China’s internet entrepreneurs were on top of the world. Then, things changed

The environment for tech and internet businesses has changed considerably from the boisterous, easy-money world of 2017. Why are today’s would-be entrepreneurs so pessimistic?

11 Nov 2023 - 7:00AMvideocam

China’s entrepreneurs and start-up mavens, previously given ample government support, are finding their fortunes waning. Illustration: Henry Wong

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after tech CEOs meet US lawmakers

The Tesla boss, Meta’s Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and others took part in a closed-door forum focused on regulating artificial intelligence.

14 Sep 2023 - 2:26AMvideocam

Elon Musk joins other tech leaders attending the US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE

United States

US accuses Google of paying billions to maintain search dominance

The Justice Department says the payments to companies like Apple, AT&T and Mozilla helped keep its search engine’s market share at around 90 per cent.

13 Sep 2023 - 7:05AM

Science

Quantum computing could give AI the rocket fuel to be transformative

Quantum computing will change the world as we know it, but more breakthroughs are needed before we see the hugely powerful processors become an everyday reality, say quantum physicists.

12 Aug 2023 - 7:45AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft, Google beat earnings expectations amid AI frenzy

Tech titans Google and Microsoft announced better-than-expected earnings on Tuesday as the frenzy over artificial intelligence stokes investor excitement and breathes a new life into the sector.

26 Jul 2023 - 3:56PM

The Google, Microsoft and Alphabet logos, with artificial intelligence wording, are seen in this illustration picture taken, May 4, 2023. Photo: Reuters

United States

Hey Google, write a news article. Tech giant explores AI tools for journalists

The AI tools could assist journalists with options for headlines or different writing styles, in a way that ‘enhances their work and productivity’, a Google spokesperson said.

20 Jul 2023 - 3:36PMvideocam

India

What new defence, tech deals could mean for India-US ties amid China tensions

The deals could mark a departure from New Delhi’s years of dependency on Russian arms and show how far US-India ties have come, analysts say.

3 Jul 2023 - 10:45AMvideocam

US-China relations

‘No question about that’: mutual China challenges discussed in Biden-Modi talks

The two leaders were said to have ‘expressed concern over coercive actions and rising tensions’ in the Indo-Pacific and ‘strongly oppose’ a unilateral change in the status quo by force.

25 Jun 2023 - 7:42PMvideocam

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and US President Joe Biden meet with senior officials and CEOs of leading American and Indian companies at the White House in Washington on Friday. Photo: Reuters

US-India relations

Modi’s moment: India’s PM gets big White House dinner on state visit

US President Joe Biden extended to Narendra Modi the administration’s third invitation for a state visit. It included the state dinner, a high diplomatic honour that the US reserves for its closest allies.

23 Jun 2023 - 5:34PM

US President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi raise a toast at the White House. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

US must manage AI risks to society and national security, Biden says

As Biden met with business leaders and experts on Tuesday, he said that he is committed to ‘making sure AI systems are safe before they are released’.

21 Jun 2023 - 12:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Google’s AI chatbot can now be used in most of the world – but not Hong Kong

Google ended most limitations on the use of its generative AI bot Bard on Wednesday, but Hong Kong did not make the cut of supported territories.

11 May 2023 - 5:00PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Google plans AI-powered search after opening ChatGPT rival Bard to 180 countries

On the same day Google announced expanded access to its Bard chatbot, it revealed it is planning to integrate it into its dominant search engine, nearly three months after a similar move from Microsoft.

11 May 2023 - 2:07PMvideocam

Sissie Hsiao, a vice-president at Google and general manager for Google Assistant’s business unit, speaks on-stage during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. Photo: AFP

Artificial intelligence

AI pioneer says its threat to world may be ‘more urgent’ than climate change

Artificial intelligence could pose a “more urgent” threat to humanity than climate change, according to AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who recently quit Alphabet to speak out on the issue.

6 May 2023 - 10:50AM

Photo illustration showing a man holding a ‘Stop AI’ symbol. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Artificial intelligence

White House says tech giants have ‘moral’ duty on potential AI dangers

US President Joe Biden met with CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies including Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google and made clear they must ensure their products are safe before they are deployed.

5 May 2023 - 11:17AMvideocam

TikTok

TikTok’s CEO is set to enter a Washington fight he cannot win

TikTok chief executive Chew Shou Zi is prepared for a variety of questions, including about kids’ mental health, from a House committee on Thursday.

23 Mar 2023 - 2:08PM

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Sundar Pichai

The latest news, analysis and opinion on Sundar Pichai. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Born

10 Jun 1972

Industry

Business, Technology

Job Title

Businessman

last updated:

7 October, 2024