5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google CEO to AI girlfriend, check it all out

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The world of artificial intelligence is the most happening place in technology these days. It is a space where every single day something new and exciting is taking place. Just a couple of days ago, we found out that Google's AI project Bard was finally out for public and yesterday we reported on GitaGPT, a GPT-3 based platform that answers spiritual queries. And today, we have even bigger developments. Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded to the criticism of AI just days after the event where he highlighted that Google was heavily investing in the technology. Apart from that, an influencer has created an AI-powered virtual girlfriend that can earn big money. All this and more in our daily AI round-up. Let's take a look.

In his first interaction since the keynote session in Google I/O 2023, Pichai responded to the criticism of artificial intelligence that has been heard these days. Speaking on the podcast Decoder by Nilay Patel for The Verge.

First, answering a question on how AI can mark a platform shift, the Google CEO said, “I see it as an extraordinary platform shift. Pretty much, it'll touch everything: every sector, every industry, every aspect of our lives. So one way to think about it is no different from how we have thought about maybe the personal computing shift, the internet shift, or the mobile shift. So along that dimension, I think it's a big shift. In some ways, I've called it the most profound technology humanity is working on”.

Next, he was asked about the risks of AI and how it can reduce jobs significantly. Disagreeing, he said, “Twenty years ago, when people exactly predicted what tech automation would do, there are very specific pronouncements of entire job categories which would go away. That hasn't