‘Un-Googley’: Sundar Pichai criticised for ‘rushed’, ‘botched’ announcement of Bard

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reportedly facing internal criticism over how the company introduced Bard, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that was announced by Pichai himself on Feb 7, and is seen as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

According to CNBC, which published the said report, Google employees have taken to Memegen, the tech giant’s popular internal forum, to lambast the CEO, and described Bard’s introduction as ‘rushed,’ ‘botched,’ and even ‘un-Googley.’

“Dear Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs were rushed, botched and myopic. Please return to taking a long-term outlook,” read a message, and received many updates from the employees.