As the battle of AI technology between Silicon Valley companies heats up, Google co-founder Sergey Brin also touched software code recently.
Foreign media Forbes It is pointed out that since 2019, Sergey Brin has basically not participated in the daily operation of Google. The code access request submitted on January 24 seems to be his first in many years. Sergey Brin submitted this request with Google's Large natural language dialogue model LaMDA; The project was initially announced in 2021, but recently, with the popularity of its competitor ChatGPT, it has gradually gained more attention.
Specifically, Sergey Brin submitted a changelist to change the configuration file to obtain permissions, so as to get the data of LaMDA training. There are dozens of engineers who have submitted LGTM (looks good to me) approval requests, some of whom come from staff outside the team. In this regard, Google did not respond to a number of requests for comment.
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Forbes believes that, Although this is a small technological change, it highlights the importance Google attaches to the imminent threat from OpenAI and other competitors. Sergey Brin And co founders Larry · Page（ Lawrence Edward Page ) Basically not in the company since 2019, and will Give the power to Sandal · Pichai (Sundar Pichai) 。
but New York Times It is pointed out that Sandal · Pichai convened the founders of the company to review the AI strategy months ago to help defend against ChatGPT. The "code red" alert was also issued, Subvert the work of several groups within the company to Dealing with the threat posed by ChatGPT 。 this Sergey Brin's fate, on the other hand It highlights the involvement of Google's co founders.
According to the report, Google will launch a series of new AI products later this year. The company is A chat robot named "Apprentice Bard" is being tested based on LaMDA technology; Employees can ask questions and get detailed answers similar to ChatGPT. However, it also has a function that ChatGPT does not have, that is, it can provide responses to recent events.
CNBC He said that an internal Google document obtained by him showed that "because of ChatGPT, the LaMDA team was required to give priority to handling the response related to ChatGPT. In the short term, it takes precedence over other projects ". And warned some employees to stop attending some irrelevant meetings. In addition, another product department of the company is also testing a new search page design that can use question and answer forms.
