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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It is increasingly being used in various industries ranging from finance to transportation. Now, with the emergence of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the glee and excitement around it, big tech firms have accelerated their plans to integrate their search engines with AI-powered chatbots.
In a blog post earlier this month, Google and Alphabet Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai said, «Today, the scale of the largest AI computations is doubling every six months, far outpacing Moore’s Law». As predicted by Gordon Moore in 1965, Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors per silicon chip doubles yearly. It points towards the rapid advancement in semiconductor technology.
Pichai’s statement signals that AI might be developing at a much faster pace.
Earlier in January, Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella said that a golden age of AI is underway and will redefine work «as we know it, » which seems very clear about the company’s faith in AI.
Some companies have already developed new search-based products centred around chatbots and AI.
Google
Days after the launch of ChatGPT, Google raised a code red, and Pichai asked the employees to «refocus» on addressing the threat it may pose to Google’s dominance in the search engine space. In January, the tech giant’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were brought back to approve the plans to add chatbot features to the search option.
