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Google CEO Says Search Engine Will “Change Profoundly” In 2025
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, said that Google as a search engine will “change profoundly” next year, during an interview at the New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
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- Google CEO Sundar Pichai said people will be surprised next year and said their search engine will significantly change by 2025
- Pichai remains optimistic about the future of Google despite the rise of AI startups as competitors and the antitrust cases
- The CEO addressed challenges and criticism including Microsoft CEO’s discouraging comments on the future of Google
According to the New York Times , the CEO addressed AI development, competitor’s performance and the expectations the company has for the next year.
The tech giant has been facing criticism regarding its dominance, and concerns regarding its performance compared to other AI startups and the current antitrust cases the company is handling, but Pichai showed optimism.
“I think you’ll be surprised even early in ’25 the kind of newer things search can do compared to where it is today,” said Pichai during an interview with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. He also acknowledged the challenges the company faces as AI startups like OpenAI and Perplexity have developed their own advanced AI-powered search engines .
Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, said earlier this year that Google is falling behind in the AI race , and Pichai referred to this as well: “I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft’s own models and our models any day, any time.” He also implied that they have not developed their own models as they rely on OpenAI’s technology.
Pichai assured that their current main focus is AI and that they remain confident in the near future.
Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, projected a rosy image of his company’s leadership in artificial intelligence, rejecting criticism from rivals and downplaying antitrust fights that could force the technology giant to split itself up. https://t.co/IQtZK6H3It pic.twitter.com/9SgTro9sNR — DealBook (@dealbook) December 4, 2024
This week, Google released it’s new AI video tool Veo and announced that next week users will be able to test the newest version of Imagen 3, the AI image generator tool.
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OpenAI Launches New $200 Model ChatGPT Pro
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
OpenAI launched yesterday a new AI model, ChatGPT Pro, with a monthly subscription that costs $200. Members of this new tier will be able to access the latest model, which the company described as the “smartest” model in the world and includes enhanced reasoning in math, coding, and scientific research.
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- OpenAI launched a new model ChatGPT Pro, its latest and “smartest” model
- Those who want access to the Pro version must pay $200 a month
- Users with ChaGPT Plus and other paid subscriptions now have access to the o1 model
Sam Altman, the startup’s CEO, also announced that members with a paid subscription—including the $20 subscription for ChatGPT Plus— now have full access to the model o1 , an advanced and optimized model family announced in September and launched on preview mode and the affordable version the o1-mini.
for extra clarity: o1 is available in our plus tier, for $20/month. with the new pro tier ($200/month), it can think even harder for the hardest problems. most users will be very happy with o1 in the plus tier! — Sam Altman (@sama) December 5, 2024
The recent release of ChatGPT Pro—which includes unlimited access to GPT-4o, Advance Voice, o1-mini, and the new OpenAI o1—comes as part of the company’s12 Christmas initiative of “12 Days of OpenAI” that started yesterday in which they will announce a new update or share a demo in a live stream every weekday.
“Today, we’re adding ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly plan that enables scaled access to the best of OpenAI’s models and tools,” shared the company on its website . “ChatGPT Pro provides a way for researchers, engineers, and other individuals who use research-grade intelligence daily to accelerate their productivity and be at the cutting edge of advancements in AI.”
