![]() Pichai’s critics include influential “Stratechery” blogger Ben Thompson, who argued Gemini chatbot’s “absurd” responses – which included a refusal to say whether Elon Musk or Hitler is worse – showed Pichai had allowed rogue employees to upset company culture and threaten Google’s business. ![]() The stock’s 8% gain in the first quarter lagged behind that of the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite.ĥ Google disabled Gemini’s ability to generate pictures of humans. ![]() Any further issues could derail talks with Apple to integrate Gemini into iPhones, while archrivals like Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Meta are pushing full steam ahead with their own plans.Ī lukewarm assessment of Google’s AI performance has shown up in the company’s stock price. The heat is on Pichai as Google reportedly is looking to integrate paid AI features into its cash-cow search engine despite rampant skepticism about Gemini’s quality. “Sundar can survive as CEO forever as long as Larry and Sergey don’t care enough to make a change.” “It’s all classic signs of a badly run company, except that Larry and Sergey control it like a family business,” said the ex-employee, who left Google last year. Nevertheless, one former senior Google employee told The Post that Pichai’s job “should be at incredible risk” given the mistakes that have occurred on his watch. He enjoys close ties with Brin and fellow co-founder Larry Page, who retain voting control over every facet of the business. ![]() The 51-year-old Pichai - who also blasted the chatbot’s behavior as “completely unacceptable” in a memo to employees - has enjoyed remarkable freedom during his eight-and-a-half years as CEO. Google pauses ‘absurdly woke’ Gemini AI chatbot’s image tool after backlash over historically inaccurate pictures ![]()
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