Google has a new head of Search — and she’s all in on AI
Illustration: The Verge There are few bigger jobs at Google than being the person who runs Search. As of today, there’s a new person in that seat: Liz Reid, who has been at Google for more than 20 years and has most recently been leading the company’s efforts with AI search, known as Search Generative Experience (SGE). Reid’s promotion is part of a bigger change within Google’s Search team. Pandu Nayak, a longtime executive overseeing ranking and quality, is now going to be chief scientist of Search. He’ll be replaced by Cheenu Venkatachary, who has also been working on AI products in Search. Meanwhile, Cathy Edwards, who led a lot of the work on Google News and Google Discover, is taking a job on Google’s long-term bets team. In some ways this is just a lot of... Continue reading…
谷歌任命Liz Reid为搜索负责人，Pandu Nayak成为搜索首席科学家，Cheenu Venkatachary接替Nayak的职位，Cathy Edwards转至谷歌的长期投资团队。这些变化反映了谷歌对人工智能是搜索未来的信念。Reid一直在研究AI搜索和多搜索，为谷歌提供了新的思考方式。谷歌旨在提高搜索结果的质量，并适应人工智能驱动的环境。
