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TL;DR
- Sissie Hsiao, vp and lead of Google Assistant’s enterprise unit, introduced modifications coming to the group.
- Google will likely be reorganizing its digital assistant unit to focus extra on Bard.
- A key chief from the workforce is stepping down.
It’s no secret that certainly one of Google’s main focuses this yr is on Bard, its reply to ChatGPT. To additional assist Bard’s improvement, the group is enlisting the assistance of its digital assistant unit.
In response to CNBC, Sissie Hsiao, vp and lead of Google Assistant‘s enterprise unit, introduced in a memo that the digital assistant workforce could be going by way of some restructuring. The reorganization is a transfer to have the unit closely prioritize engaged on the corporate’s AI chatbot.
Within the memo, Hsiao reveals that Jianchang Mao, vp of engineering for Google Assistant who reported on to Hsiao, is leaving the corporate for private causes. He’s reportedly being changed by the previous vp of Google’s commerce group, Peeyush Ranjan.
Along with this shake-up, Amar Subramanya, Google Assistant engineering vp, is now main the engineering efforts for the Bard workforce. The memo additionally acknowledged that the particular person beforehand answerable for main these engineering efforts, Trevor Strohman, will proceed as an “Space Tech Lead” for Bard.
This reshuffling and the digital assistant unit’s elevated give attention to Bard may counsel that the corporate has plans for Bard and Google Assistant. Management could need to combine Bard into all the merchandise Google Assistant seems on, reminiscent of Nest good audio system, Pixel telephones, and even Android Auto.
