Alphabet unit’s Google’s AI investments are primarily in technical infrastructure, Google APAC’s head of AI and emerging technology policy, Eunice Huang said on Wednesday.
During a panel discussion at the Reuters NEXT Asia Summit in Singapore, Huang evaluated the differences in underinvestment and overinvestment in the early days of AI development.
She said: “As our chief executive has said, in these early days of a very transformative technology, the risks of under investing are dramatically higher than the risks of over investing.”
In April, Alphabet confirmed that its $75 billion AI investment plan was still to go ahead despite investor uncertainty generated by Trump’s tariffs that have shaken the economic outlook during the past few months.
The tech giant confirmed the funding plans to boost its AI and datacentre capacity, adding that investors should not panic about the current tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, as AI is still generating good returns, Reuters reported.
Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai said that the plan will focus on investments in chips to build the servers Alphabet needs to enhance its cloud offering for products such as Search and its Gemini model.
In the meantime, Google Ventures, the investment arm of technology company Alphabet, continues to boost its investment in AI.
In June, the firm led a $35 million Series B funding round in London based AI company Metaview.
Metaview operates an AI-powered hiring platform that analyses job interviews to generate data driven insights. The company states its technology adds objectivity and consistency to recruitment processes by converting interview conversations into real time analysis.
The platform features several AI tools including an automated notetaker, post interview reports, a candidate information chatbot and a job advertisement distribution service.
