Google CEO amazed by unexpected skills of new AI program.
Google's AI system taught itself Bengali, surprising its developers. The company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, admitted that there are still aspects of AI learning and behavior that experts don't fully understand, calling it a "black box." Pichai also acknowledged the issue of AI "hallucinations" and emphasized the need for more robust safety layers before deploying more capable models. He has long argued for global regulation of AI, while other tech leaders have called for a pause in the development of more powerful models.