The research results were used by ChatGPT, and it was reported that Google would restrict the publication of AI papers.

Google has long been regarded as a top artificial intelligence (AI) research center, but that reputation is changing. Google has told employees it will reduce the number of research results that can be published, according to people familiar with the matter. The adjustment stems from increased competition from rivals such as OpenAI.

Google employees were told earlier this year that the company would be more strategic in terms of publishable research, according to four people familiar with the matter. Restrictions on the publication of new research are still under discussion and the outline has not yet been fully worked out, but they are certain that change is under way, several people familiar with the matter added. The combined DeepMind department will still publish new research, but the leadership has told employees that they will choose what can be published more carefully. The company will also focus more on large language models and commercialized products, according to people familiar with the matter.

Phoenix New Media Technology "AI outpost" learned that Google has said that the company publishes "hundreds" of papers every year. As Google describes in the philosophy section of its research website, the company has long believed that this transparency will inspire outside researchers to move forward in areas related to Google's core products.

But now, competitors have used these research results to launch products that pose a threat to Google's core business. For example, OpenAI's popular chat robot ChatGPT is based on the AI model invented and published by Google researchers. Microsoft, which has a strategic partnership with OpenAI, is now using these underlying technologies for products that compete with Google, including Bing search and collaboration platform Teams.

Google has yet to comment. Phoenix New Media science and technology "AI outpost" will continue to pay attention to this.