Google CEO eyes AI 'Manhattan Project' after Trump inauguration

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a recent interview that he is eyeing a research project on artificial intelligence (AI), similar to the Manhattan Project during World War II, after President-elect Trump returns to the White House next month.

“I think there is a chance for us to work as a country together,” Pichai said in an interview with Semafor published Thursday night. “These big, physical infrastructure projects to accelerate progress is something we would be very excited...