Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai bats for AI but warns users to be ‘clear-eyed’

Recalling how new technologies changed his family’s life while growing up, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday pitched for artificial intelligence (AI) but warned users to be “clear-eyed about what could go wrong.”

In his article titled ‘Why Google thinks we need to regulate AI’ published in Financial Times, Pichai said that artificial intelligence is one of the most promising technologies and Alphabet and Google are tapping its potential but there are real concerns about the potential negative consequences of AI, from deep fakes to nefarious uses of facial recognition.

“Now there is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. It is too important not to. The only question is how to approach it,” Pichai said.