Sundar Pichai

Chief executive of Google and Alphabet who has said AI must be regulated and that its underlying risk is high, while leading one of the largest frontier-AI build-outs.

Roles

2004 – Aug 2015Product Manager, later Senior Vice President of Products, GoogleSource →
Oct 2015 – presentChief Executive Officer, GoogleSource →
Dec 2019 – presentChief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc.Source →

On the record

5 Jun 2025 · Podcast · Lex Fridman Podcast
The underlying risk is actually pretty high, but I have a lot of faith in humanity kind of rising up to meet that moment.
Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc. at the time
Answering a question on p(doom); he argued a high perceived risk would itself align humanity to act.
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11 Jun 2023 · Interview · CBS 60 Minutes
There has to be regulation. You're going to need laws…there have to be consequences for creating deep fake videos which cause harm to society.
Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc. at the time
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16 Apr 2023 · Interview · CBS 60 Minutes
the pace at which we can think and adapt as societal institutions, compared to the pace at which the technology's evolving, there seems to be a mismatch.
Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc. at the time
Same interview in which he called AI "a very, very profound technology" and said society must "adapt".
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20 Jan 2020 · Op-ed · Financial Times
there is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. It is too important not to.
Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet Inc. at the time
FT op-ed published the day he spoke at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels; Engadget carries the words verbatim.
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