Google workers aren’t holding again in regards to the substandard launch of ChatGPT competitor Bard.
In line with CNBC(Opens in a brand new tab), which considered the posts, staffers have been posting memes on Google’s inside discussion board Memegen about how the launch of the generative AI software was dealt with, immediately calling out CEO Sundar Pichai for the misstep. Memes which bought plenty of upvotes included an image of Pichai and stated “Pricey Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs have been rushed, botched, and myopic.” One stated “Sundar, and management, deserve a Perf NI,” which refers back to the lowest rating on Google’s inside analysis system. “They’re being comically quick sighted and un-Googlely of their pursuit of ‘sharpening focus.'”
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One other meme which included a picture a fowl doing a facepalm stated “Dashing Bard to market in a panic validated the market’s concern about us.”
Google workers’ criticism echoes how Bard’s launch was acquired by the general public. A day earlier than Microsoft introduced “the brand new Bing” powered by OpenAI’s standard chatbot expertise, Google pre-empted this by asserting Bard. But, the weblog put up detailing the announcement was obscure about its capabilities and timing of its launch.
The day after Microsoft’s occasion, Google hosted its personal occasion. The principle function of the occasion was to focus on new options in Google Maps and Google Search, nevertheless it additionally wedged in a quick point out of Bard in gentle of Microsoft’s information. Google did not share rather more element about Bard, which additional upset folks anticipating a robust counter response. That, mixed with experiences of Bard’s inaccuracy surfacing throughout the occasion, made Google look uncharacteristically unprepared and dropped Alphabet’s inventory shares down by greater than 9 p.c.
Final month, Google laid off 12,000 of it workers, which underscored the frustration and resentment effervescent up within the inside discussion board. A meme of actor Nicolas Cage smiling stated, “Firing 12k folks rises the inventory by 3%, one rushed AI presentation drops it by 8%.”
So now, it seems like Google is tasked with launching a generative AI software that is higher than ChatGPT and profitable again the approval of its workers.
