That Google memo about having ‘no moat’ in AI was real — and Google’s AI boss disagrees with it

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Just a couple of months ago, a leaked memo said to be from a Google researcher cast doubt on the company's future in AI, stating that it has no moat" in the industry - and now, we seemingly have confirmation that it was real. In an interview with Decoder, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google's DeepMind, told The Verge that although he believes the memo was legitimate, he disagrees with its conclusions.

I think that memo was real. I think engineers at Google often write various documents, and sometimes they get leaked and go viral," Hassabis said. I think it's interesting to listen to them, and then you've got to chart your own course. And I haven't read that specific memo in detail, but I disagree with the conclusions from that."

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