Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlines tech giant’s AI efforts across health, weather and learning

September 16, 2026 3:34 PM

Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlines tech giant’s AI efforts across health, weather and learning

Amid the ongoing debate over slowing the pace of artificial intelligence development, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has highlighted the tech giant’s AI efforts across health, wealth and education, arguing that advances in the technology can accelerate scientific research and deliver tangible benefits for people. Pichai shared a blog post on his official X account highlighting Google’s recent AI initiatives and their application to real-world challenges.  “We’re focusing our efforts on four...

AI in healthcare to be remembered for billions of lives it helped improve

February 20, 2026 1:02 PM

AI in healthcare to be remembered for billions of lives it helped improve

AI is not about replacing clinicians; it is about giving time back to them, time to think, time to connect and time to care, according to industry leaders. Roy Jakobs, CEO, Philips, positioned healthcare as the sector where AI could have the greatest human impact. Highlighting how AI is already easing pressure on overburdened systems at the AI Impact Summit here, he said that “When we look back a decade from now, AI in healthcare will not be remembered for what was optimised on a screen, but...