Google Thinks It Can Cash In on Generative AI. Microsoft Already Has

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is already doing it. Both companies reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profit on Thursday. And the stock prices of both soared on the results, with Alphabet further … Read more

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet went into its earnings report on Thursday facing concerns about the growth of its core Google ads business and the company’s ability to generate profits from its hefty investments in artificial intelligence. For the time being at least, the company put Wall Street’s fears to rest. Alphabet topped analysts’ estimates, reporting revenue growth of … Read more

Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels

Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can download, run, and build on. Pesenti used to be vice president of artificial intelligence at Meta and says he often pushed the company to consider releasing its technology for … Read more

Alphabet set to report first-quarter results after market close

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Alphabet will report first-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here is what analysts are expecting. Earnings per share: $1.51, according to LSEG. Revenue: $78.59 billion, according to LSEG. YouTube … Read more

Japan’s Moon Lander Just Won’t Die

Japan had its moment in the Moon’s glow earlier this year when scientists landed a lunar probe on the surface of our nearest celestial neighbor. The landing didn’t quite go to plan, though, as the probe landed face-first. After that, it was expected to survive for a matter of days. However, the probe is still … Read more

Google says it will miss target for ending third-party cookies

Google said Tuesday that it will no longer be able to complete its phaseout of third-party cookies by the end of 2024.  “We recognize that there are ongoing challenges related to reconciling divergent feedback from the industry, regulators and developers, and will continue to engage closely with the entire ecosystem,” the company said in a … Read more

Google: ‘Things are changing’: Google search’s chief highlights challenging times ahead for employees

At a recent company-wide all-hands meeting, Google’s search leader, Prabhakar Raghavan, addressed the changing realities facing the tech giant. According to a report in CNBC, wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Raghavan had an important message for employees at the all-hands meeting last month.Raghavan, known for … Read more

Google fires more workers after protests against contract with Israel

Google has fired more than 20 additional workers following last week’s protests over the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, the group that organized the protests said Monday night.  The latest firings bring the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, according to No Tech for Apartheid.   “This evening, … Read more

Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of ‘new operating reality’

Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, speaks during the US Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.  Julia Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Prabhakar Raghavan had an important message for employees … Read more

Google fires employees who protested Israel contract

Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Protesters staged sit-ins Tuesday at two Google offices — New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif. — in protest of the $1.2 billion contract that the company shares with Amazon to provide cloud computing services to Israel. Nine people … Read more