What you need to know
- Google's cofounders envisioned it as an AI company at launch, and at some point even developed a DALL-E 3 iteration and AI-powered chatbot dubbed Lambda.
- The company veered off the mission after Alphabet's reorg in 2015, placing Sundar Pichai at the helm as the cofounders took a backseat.
- Google's recent attempts to venture into the AI space (Google AI Overviews) have received backlash from users for generating erroneous responses and recommendations.