Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted at the company’s year-end strategy meeting that the artificial intelligence model powering Google Gemini is lagging behind Open artificial intelligence and Chat GPT But the promise of 2025 will really push Gemini over the competition, because report go through CNBC.
Pichai’s directive was more serious than the usual corporate shout-out. It was a declaration that Google would never again lose ground to a competition it once led. Google’s near-bottomless coffers and vast infrastructure make it likely that it will emerge from the top within 12 months, but only because the company is no longer content to rest on the laurels it has been honing since the early 2000s.
“Historically, you don’t always have to be first, but you have to execute well and really be the best in class,” Pichai said at the conference. “I think that’s what 2025 is about.”
Pichai’s rallying cry underscores how much pressure the company is facing. Gemini has been hailed as Google’s great hope for artificial intelligence, but it has yet to live up to its hype. While ChatGPT has become synonymous with generative artificial intelligence, Google’s Gemini still feels like a scrappy replacement. Of course, Pichai claims that Gemini 1.5 surpasses GPT in technical capabilities, but let’s face it – perception matters.
If the average user associates “AI” with ChatGPT instead of Google, the company’s dominance will be threatened. Pichai is right that you don’t always have to be first, but Google’s slow start left it vulnerable to losing its reputation as a trailblazer.
At the same time, Meta has invested heavily in artificial intelligence, with the Meta AI assistant appearing on its platform as well as new hardware such as artificial intelligence-enhanced Ray-Ban smart glasses and Orion headsets. Meta’s AI investments are impressive, but its vast empire may actually limit the cohesion of its strategy relative to Google’s plans with Gemini.
If Google is slow to respond, apple He was still sleeping in bed when the starting gun went off. still, Tim Cook The company has already taken some big steps to embed artificial intelligence into its products. Apple develops artificial intelligence internally and partners with AI developers including OpenAI, while maintaining the unique Apple user experience of Siri and other services. Apple’s strategy may seem overly cautious, but it doesn’t ignore artificial intelligence. If Apple can incorporate generative AI into its tightly integrated ecosystem, it could redefine what artificial intelligence means to consumers.
There’s more at stake here than just bragging rights. The winner of the AI race could define the standards, tools, and platforms of the next decade. Google’s strategy of expanding Gemini into a universal assistant could be the key to Google’s success in the new year.
“I think 2025 will be critical,” Pichai said. “I think it’s really important that we internalize the urgency of this moment and move faster as a company. The stakes are high. These are disruptive moments. We need to be relentless through 2025. Focus on unlocking the benefits of this technology and solving real user problems.