In a recent company-wide memo (via The edge), Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlined the tech giant's ambitious goals for 2024, emphasizing not only a significant focus on artificial intelligence but also cost-saving efforts.
In early 2023, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed his plans for the company's “Year of Efficiency,” and while the economy has begun to show signs of recovery, it's clear Google still wants to consider its spending. .
Pichai's ultimate goal (of seven) was to “improve the speed, efficiency and productivity of the company and deliver lasting cost savings,” which left many Google employees afraid for their jobs.
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At the forefront of Google's priorities is delivering “the world's most advanced, safe and responsible AI.” The company recently revealed some of its own Gemini models, which are believed to be a real threat to OpenAI's latest GPT models.
The company's second objective – “to improve knowledge, learning, creativity and productivity” – appears to be directed at its workers. Knowledge and technology workers globally have been the subject of many studies in recent months, all pointing to reduced productivity and efficiency.
Other company goals outlined in the announcement include: “build[ing] the most useful personal computing platforms and devices;” “enable[ing] organizations and developers to innovate on Google Cloud;” “provide[ing] the most trusted products and platforms in the world;” and “build[ing] a Google that is extraordinary for Googlers and the world.”
Although ambitious, Google's plans for 2024 are relatively vague and cover a lot of ground, including business customers, general consumers and company employees, which may make it difficult for the company to show that it has achieved any of those goals next year. .
The lack of definitive information also raises a big question about the security of Google employees' jobs.
More than a thousand Google employees have already lost their jobs during the first three weeks of January, and one round of layoffs is closely linked to the company's artificial intelligence rollout.
