How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI era

Connecting with Google CEO Sundar Pichai at I/O every year is one of my favorite Decoder traditions. This was our fifth year doing it, and there’s always a whole slew of new things to talk about.

This year, in addition to the news, we talked about Google Zero; picking fights with YouTube creators and publishers; and what being at “the foothills of the singularity" even means.

Read the full interview transcript on The Verge.

Links:

If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can | The Verge

The future of Google is a search box that does everything | The Verge

Large language mistake | The Verge

You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI | The Verge

Condé Nast calls Google Zero | The Verge

Demis Hassabis said this may be the ‘foothills of the singularity’ | The Verge

Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcements | The Verge

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Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Kabir Chopra. Our editorial director is Kevin McShane.

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