Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that when it comes to AI, "we are in the earliest stages of a profound shift." Pichai explained at the New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday that AI models are going to get better at reasoning and carrying out actions reliably over the next few years.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he doesn't believe there is an AI "wall" but says new breakthroughs are needed.

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a recent interview that he is eyeing a research project on artificial intelligence (AI), similar to the Manhattan Project during World War II, after President-elect Trump returns to the White House next month.

Pichai's comments came after Sorkin read aloud comments from an interview Nadella did earlier this year, in which the Microsoft CEO questioned Google's place in the AI arms race following the search giant's AI product mishaps earlier this year.

Mr Pichai also responded to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's earlier comment that Google should have been the "default winner" in the AI race.

Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos, CEOs of Google and Amazon, could have a meeting with Trump to try to bring positions closer.

Pichai calls the company's 2025 plans a "profound shift" but doesn't elaborate on what we can expect. With companies like OpenAI and Perplexity using LLMs for web search operations, it's likely Google will expand the reach of AI Overviews, perhaps featuring a more conversational kind of search that leans on Gemini.

I think you’ll be surprised, even early in ‘25, the kind of newer things Search can do compared to where it is today.” Google is redesigning its search engine —  Pichai also responded to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s comment from earlier this year,