Q&A with Jeff Dean, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, on Bard's launch, the Gemini LLM, DeepMind-Brain merger, AI misinformation, and more
Samidha Sharma / The Economic Times : X: @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @ettech , @hughlangley , and @samidhas X: @ettech : Among its most famous engineers, Dean joined @Google in ...
A recap of the first day of US et al v. Google, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals
In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.
A recap of the first day of US et al v. Google, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals
In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.
A recap of the first day of US et al v. Google, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals
In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.
Sources: Google, which published AI papers prolifically, in February moved to sharing only after the work had been productized, due to OpenAI's ChatGPT launch
Source: a leaked April 2023 internal document by Luke Sernau, a senior software engineer at Google, argues that open source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI
A senior software engineer at Google wrote a critique asserting that the internet search leader is losing its edge … Source: SemiAnalysis .
Report: Phil Harrison, the head of defunct cloud gaming service Google Stadia, left the company in January 2023; Harrison joined Google as a VP in January 2018
When Google launched Stadia, it put gaming industry veteran Phil Harrison at the lead. Now, it's been confirmed Harrison has left the company. Source: Insider .
Hands-on with Google's Bard, coming to waitlisted US and UK users: quick, fluid, more constrained than Bing, three responses per query, disclaimers, and more
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki plans to step down after nine years, to be replaced by Neal Mohan as SVP and head of YouTube; Wojcicki was Google's 16th employee
One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google's earliest employees — is leaving the company.
In an email, Google's Search SVP tells staff to rewrite Bard's bad responses in a “neutral tone” and to “not imply emotion” as the tool “learns best by example”
Jennifer Elias / CNBC :
In a Code Conference interview, Sundar Pichai says Google is “pro-competitive”, citing Microsoft, Apple, and TikTok as examples in different businesses
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google parent Alphabet Inc., defended the internet-search giant against claims …
Report on Apple's eight-year self-driving car struggle as 20 people from the project cite “constantly shifting goals”, a “revolving door of leaders”, and more
and nearly a jogger Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : Apple car won't need a steering wheel Ariel Zilber / New York Post : Apple's self-driving cars ‘smacked into curbs, veered out of lanes...
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
but don't relax just yet David Lumb / CNET : Google Will Auto-Delete Your Location Data After Visits to Abortion Clinics Chris Smith / BGR : Google will auto-delete abortion clinic...
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations — Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …
Google plans to auto-delete user visits to medical facilities like abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, and weight loss centers from location histories
Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations — Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …
Interviews with former and current Microsoft employees suggest a widespread pattern of executive misconduct persists, years after Satya Nadella vowed to end it
The Microsoft executive walked into the small, windowless room in Studio C at about 8 o'clock that evening.
Report details Stadia's future as a white-label game streaming service called Google Stream, including talks with Capcom, Bungie, and Peloton
An estimated 20% of resources are now going to #Stadia and 80% to white labeling. This has felt like the case for awhile, but it's nice to finally get some closure. https://twitter...
Report details Stadia's future as a white-label game streaming service called Google Stream, including talks with Capcom, Bungie, and Peloton
An estimated 20% of resources are now going to #Stadia and 80% to white labeling. This has felt like the case for awhile, but it's nice to finally get some closure. https://twitter...
Sundar Pichai says Pixel “set an all-time quarterly sales record” in Q4 despite supply issues; Alphabet lumps Pixel into its Other category, which grew 22% YoY
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget :
Alphabet reports Q4 revenue rose 32% YoY to $75.3B and net income grew from $15.2B to $20.6B YoY; Cloud revenue rose from $3.8B to $5.5B YoY; stock rises 5%+
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Alphabet in 2021. Bloomberg : Alphabet Seeks More Investors in 20-for-1 Stock Split Leah Montebello / City A.M. : Google par...