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The memo outlines Google's roadmap for 2024.

    Deliver the world’s most advanced, safe, and responsible Al. 
    Improve knowledge, learning, creativity, and productivity. 
    Build the most helpful personal computing platforms and devices. 
    Enable organizations and developers to innovate on Google Cloud. 
    Provide the world’s most trusted products and platforms. 
    Build a Google that’s extraordinary for Googlers and the world. 
    Improve company velocity, efficiency, and productivity, and deliver durable cost savings.

Also, expect more layoffs throughout the year.

Reported originally at: https://www.androidpolice.com/googles-goals-for-2024/

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it reads like complete corporate garbage but I would assume these are created with

1. a rough organization-level investment prioritization

2. ask the leaders of those organizations to come up with vague mission statements

3. put them together and you get nonsense.

my guess would be the interpreted version is something like "Sundar says this is what we are focusing on"

1. Keeping up with recent AI advancements

2. Making youtube, search, gmail, and drive/docs/calendar better

3. Improving android and related devices

4. Expanding google cloud

5. I have no idea

6. Built a better employee experience

7. Improve devex and reduce operational costs

the only really interesting things I see are

1. AI is at the top

2. monetization is not mentioned

3. efficiency/cost savings are directly mentioned

would be a little concerned if I were a googler. basically AI + existing stuff + reducing costs / operational efficiency

(realizing I made alot of numbered lists here)

Almost entirely meaningless corporate doublespeak. Shocking advertising isn't in there anywhere given that's how Google actually makes money.

1) Beat MS and FB at AI

2) Content-free

3) Content-free

4) We should probably make GCP better?

5) Content-free

6) Content-free

7) Work harder, more layoffs are coming.

0) Maximize Shareholder Value

that will be $200 million please :)

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