Analysts say Google needs transformation, CEO Sundar Pichai must resign
Sundar Pichai-led Google found itself in the middle of a controversy recently as its ambitious AI chatbot, Gemini, was accused of being “racist”.
The AI tool, in several cases, was accused of refusing to generate images of white people and portraying historical figures as people of colour, even though they were originally white. As a result, Google had to shut down Gemini’s human image generation capabilities. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had also responded to the controversy, calling it “completely unacceptable.” However, as per the latest reports, there are now growing calls against the CEO himself.
Sundar Pichai must resign, analysts say
As per a Business Insider report, calls demanding Pichai’s resignation are increasing and many are arguing that the CEO must step down.
The report quotes analysts Ben Thompson and Mark Shmulik who said that things at Google needed to change, including possibly replacing CEO Sundar Pichai. While Thompson emphasised the need to address past issues, Shmulik questioned if the current leadership is suitable for guiding Google in the future.
Thompson, in his newsletter, wrote that Google needed a “transformation” that would “mean removing those who let the former run amok, up to and including CEO Sundar Pichai.” The analyst’s newsletters are read across the Silicon Valley and by several other Googlers.
Bernstein internet analyst Mark Shmulik also talked about how things at Google needed to change in a research note. His note read, “The most recent saga only further raises increasingly louder questions around whether this is the right management team to guide Google into this next era.”
