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Google Search will now show AI-generated answers to millions by default
With the new features, Google is positioning Search as more than a way to simply find websites. Instead, the company wants people to use its search engine to directly get answers and help them with planning events and brainstorming ideas.
Google CEO says Gemini image generation failures were 'unacceptable'
Google CEO recently told employees via an internal memo that it was “unacceptable” that the Gemini image generator had started overcorrecting for diversity. He said the company is “working around on the clock” on a fix.
Google CEO says more layoffs expected 'throughout the year' in internal memo
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly told remaining employees to expect further layoffs throughout 2024.
Pichai: Google will add GPT-style conversational AI to search
After getting beat to the punch by its primary rival, Google plans to add conversational AI to its flagship Search product.
Google Bard is switching to a more 'capable' language model, CEO confirms
Updates to the experimental conversational AI service will come as soon as next week, Sundar Pichai confirms.
Google Search saw its highest traffic ever during the World Cup 2022 Final
Google Search recorded the highest traffic in its 25-year history during the FIFA World Cup yesterday, CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted.
Google slows hiring and says the company needs to be 'more entrepreneurial'
Google has announced that will slow down its pace of hiring for the rest of 2022 and told employees to "be more entrepreneurial."
US Justice Department says Google misuses attorney-client privilege to hide documents
The US DOJ has accused Google of training its employees on how to shield business communications from discovery in cases of legal disputes.
Google will require coronavirus vaccines for returning office employees
Google will require its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before they’re allowed to return to the company’s offices.
Sundar Pichai lays out Google's new 'hybrid' workplace plan
With some Google employees returning to the company's offices voluntarily last month, CEO Sundar Pichai says the tech giant will adopt a new hybrid work week.
No one agrees on how to fix Big Tech
Section 230 reform should be a delicate process, but everyone involved is wielding a hammer.
Congress questioned Big Tech CEOs for 5 hours without getting any good answers
More than five hours of questioning later, we have learned very little about the state of disinformation from today’s marathon hearing with Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai.
Watch Congress grill Facebook, Twitter and Google’s CEOs at 12PM ET
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are set to testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on misinformation.
Mark Zuckerberg proposes a 'thoughtful reform' of Section 230
He said platforms should have to prove they have systems in place to identify and remove unlawful content.
House Democrats ask YouTube to explain extremism policies
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are again pushing YouTube to explain its policies around extremist content.
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs agree to testify about misinformation
The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google will soon make another appearance in front of Congress to answer questions about misinformation on their platforms.
Google is investigating an AI researcher over the handling of sensitive data
The company claims thousands of files were retrieved from a server and shared externally.
Google AI team demands changes after Dr. Timnit Gebru's departure
Two weeks after the departure of AI researcher Dr. Timnit Gebru, Google’s Ethical AI team has issued a list of demands to its management.
Google won't reopen its offices until September 2021
Google has delayed its return to the office once again, to September 2021, but it will include flexible weeks that allow remote work even when it's safe.
Google will investigate the controversial exit of a top AI ethicist
Dr. Timnit Gebru left the company last week under murky circumstances.
