london google ceo sundar pichai who was born in tamil nadu and grew up in chennai has said india is deeply rooted in him and a big part of who he isin an indepth interview with the bbc at the google headquarters at silicon valley in california the tech boss covered a wide range of topics including the threat to free and open internet and also narrowed down two developments that he feels will further revolutionise the world over the next quarter of a century as artificial intelligence ai and quantum computingim an american citizen but india is deeply within me so its a big part of who i am pichai 49 said when asked about his rootsi view it artificial intelligence as the most profound technology that humanity will ever develop and work on you know if you think about fire or electricity or the internet its like that but i think even more profound said pichai the ceo of google and its parent company alphabetwhen asked about whether the chinese model of the internet based on surveillance is in the ascendant pichai said the free and open internet is being attacked while he didnt refer to china directly he said none of our major products and services are available in chinaon the controversial issue of tax he said we are one of the worlds largest taxpayers if you look at on an average over the last decade we have paid over 20 per cent in taxeswe do pay the majority of our share of taxes in the us where we originate and where our products are developed i think there are good conversations and we support the global oecd conversations figuring out what is the right way to allocate taxes this is beyond a single company to solve he saidhe was also asked about his own personal tech habits and encouraged everyone to adopt twofactor authentication when it comes to passwords to ensure multiple protections and admitted he is constantly changing his phone to test out new technology