谷歌CEO表態希望能重返中國大陸
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant is open to returning its search business to China, if it could be done right, he told an industry conference.
日前,互聯網巨頭谷歌的首席執行官桑達爾·皮查伊在行業會議上表示,如果一切順利,谷歌將重新向中國開放搜索業務。"We can do it in the right and thoughtful way, we are always open to it," said Pichai at the Code conference here. "I care about serving consumers everywhere."
“我們會以正確、深思熟慮的方式來處理,我們持絕對的開放態度。”皮查伊在Code大會上説。“我希望看到谷歌的服務遍佈每一個角落。”Google pulled out of mainland China and moved its Chinese-language search engine to Hong Kong in 2010 after a series of cyber attacks on Google originated in the country. Google also said it would stop censoring search results in China.
2010年,在遭受一系列網絡攻擊之後,谷歌退出中國大陸,將中文搜索的業務轉向香港。谷歌公司還表示將停止在中國審查搜索結果。
The controversial move cut Google off from the fast-growing Chinese market, one that's been courted by rival Facebook and constitutes the second-biggest market for Apple.
發展迅速的中國市場一直受到競爭者臉書的青睞,也是蘋果公司的第二大市場。因此,谷歌的退出引起了眾多爭議。Due to a reorganization last year, Brin and co-founder Larry Page now run Alphabet, a holding company that includes the company's "moonshot activities," while Pichai runs Google.
經過去年的重組之後,目前布林和共同創始人拉里·佩奇正在掌控研製“月球探測器”的母公司Alphabet,而皮查伊則負責谷歌業務。Much of Pichai's session at Code was devoted to Google's development of artificial intelligence for voice-activated searches. Pichai said Google sensed a shift in what it could do three to four years ago, performing more effective voice searches, and transitioned.
皮查伊在Code大會上的談話主要涉及到谷歌研發語音搜索的人工智能技術。皮查伊表示,谷歌在三四年前才意識到語音搜索的有效性,所以改變了發展戰略。"We saw significant step changes," he said. "We felt the inflection point and made a big shift internally."
“我們從中看到巨大的機會,”他説。“我們認為這是一個拐點,並在公司內部進行了重大改變。”Now one out of every five searches are done via voice, instead of keyboard typing, and Pichai expects that to greatly grow over the next years.
不用鍵盤打字而使用語音搜索的公司還不到五分之一。皮查伊預計,未來幾年,語音搜索將呈現大幅增長。Google will release a voice-activated speaker, Google Home, similar to Amazon's Echo, later this year. Pichai said it will be different because it will play to Google's strengths. "We will be building a true conversational device."
今年晚些時候,谷歌將會推出與亞馬遜的Echo類似的智能語音設備Google Home。皮查伊表示,Google Home的不同在於具有谷歌的優勢。“我們將會配置真正的對話設備。”