Google is dialing up the pressure for more employees to use AI — and not just engineers

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, told staff last year to ramp up their use of AI.

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• Google managers are pushing more employees to use AI.
• Employees in non-technical roles said they have been told they are expected to use AI.
• In some cases, employees have been told AI will factor into their performance review.

Google is ramping up pressure for more employees to use AI — and it's not just software engineers who are expected to embrace it.