“Remember our role”: Google CEO Sundar Pichai reminds employees in 2024 US election

Google Above all, it is a trusted source of information, Sundar Pichai, the company’s CEO, reminded employees of this important principle. In a memo obtained by CNBCPichai emphasized that Google serves people from all backgrounds and beliefs and that the company must maintain this. The message sent to employees comes amid the ongoing US election and claims that Google employees have posted election-related memes and criticism of the company’s policies on a forum internally called Memegen.

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Sundar Pichai says employees must follow Google’s Community Guidelines and Political Activity Policies, regardless of election results

In the memo, Pichai noted that Google and YouTube teams have been working hard to facilitate the provision of “high quality and trustworthy information” for elections in the United States as well as for elections in other countries, including India and United Kingdom. He thanked employees for their efforts but also reminded them of their “role” and the importance of adhering to company policies, regardless of the election outcome.

“Whoever is entrusted by voters, remember the role we play at work, through the products we build, and as a business: to be a source of information,” Pichai wrote to employees. trustworthy for people of all backgrounds and beliefs.”

“We will and must maintain that,” he added. In that spirit, it is important that everyone continues to follow our Community Guidelines and Personal Political Activity Policy.”

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI helps advance Google’s goal of organizing the world’s information

In the memo, Pichai also told employees that beyond elections, the company’s main focus is “organizing the world’s information” and making it accessible and useful. To achieve this goal, the company’s deep efforts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) provide a significant opportunity to advance this mission. “AI has given us a profound opportunity to make progress on that mission, build great products and partnerships, drive innovation, and make significant contributions to the national economy and locality. Our company works best when we focus on that,” Pichai concluded.

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