Google is set to unveil how it plans to rival the wildly successful ChatGPT AI, possibly within days. The technology giant has scheduled a 40-minute event for Wednesday 8 February, when it will reveal how it is "reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information". It's not clear whether the event will be AI-focused, but it comes days comes after Google's chief Sundar Pichai announced that the firm will make its chatbot technology available publicly in the coming weeks. Speaking on a call with investors in parent company Alphabet on Thursday, Mr Pichai said people will be able to "engage directly" with Google's conversational AI - starting with one called LaMDA, which has been in testing. Google has reportedly been fast-tracking its plans for so-called large language models since ChatGPT's launch. ChatGPT itself is one such model - an AI chatbot trained on a huge amount of text data, which

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Google is trying to make it simpler for organizations to build and maintain AI applications at a time when there is often a disconnect between data scientists and the rest of the IT organization. Google revealed it has embarked on a multi-prong effort to make it simpler to build and successfully deploy artificial intelligence (AI) applications faster. A revamped set of tools for building conversational interfaces, rechristened Dialogflow CX, now makes it possible to construct omni-channel customer support engagement typical of a large contact center. Google has made available an Agent Assist module that can be employed now over both online chats and traditional voice calls and is making available in beta the ability to create unique voices using the Text-to-Speech application programming interface (API) exposed via Google Cloud. See also: Is Your AI Model Still Accurate After the Coronavirus Pandemic?

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It's been a year since Larry Page launched his new master-plan to change the world, creating a parent company called Alphabet that overhauled the structure of Google. When Page announced Alphabet, he wrote that splitting the company into various subsidiaries would help make the divisions more financially accountable while also making it easier for each one to better tackle their big, ambitious goals. Only the first part of that appears to be coming true. A recent report from The Information's Kevin McLaughlin says that Craig Barratt, the leader of the Access and Energy division, which runs Google Fiber, almost left after the restructuring because he was worried it would make it harder to get resources. The same report says that Fiber is behind on its goals and that Baratt has now been ordered to halve the team and dramatically cut costs.