David Zaslav at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David Grogan | CNBC Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts had a not-so-subtle message this week for Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav: If you’re selling, I’m not buying. “Instead of engaging in a process to buy content … Read more
OpenAI on Thursday announced a prototype of its own search engine, called SearchGPT, which aims to give users “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” The company said it eventually plans to integrate the tool, which is currently being alpha-tested with a small group of users, into its viral chatbot, ChatGPT. Since the … Read more
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been assembling a large stockpile of Nvidia chips, spending billions of dollars so his company can develop and train advanced … Read more
Cohere, the artificial intelligence startup founded by ex-Google AI researchers and backed by Nvidia, cut about 20 roles on Tuesday, CNBC confirmed. The layoffs at Cohere, which had about 400 employees according to the company, follow the completion of a $500 million funding round from investors including AMD, Salesforce, Oracle and Nvidia that valued the company at … Read more
A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2022. Paresh Dave | Reuters Alphabet is again investing in its self-driving car unit Waymo — this time with $5 billion. “This new round of funding will enable Waymo to continue to build the world’s leading autonomous driving company,” … Read more
Google parent company Alphabet is set to report its second-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market closes. Here’s what analysts are expecting: Earnings per share: $1.84, according to LSEG Revenue: $84.19 billion, according to LSEG Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: YouTube advertising revenue: $8.93 billion, according to StreetAccount Google Cloud revenue: $10.20 … Read more
\Trade fair visitors walk past a Google logo at the Google stand at Hannover Messe 2024. Julian Stratenschulte | Picture Alliance | Getty Images After years of delay, Google says it will no longer cancel and replace third-party cookies — a practice long used by advertisers — for its internet browser Chrome. Cookies are small … Read more
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity firm Wiz for $23 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The people familiar told the … Read more
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, speaks during the Milken Global Conference 2024 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Tesla shares fell about 6% on Thursday after Bloomberg reported that the electric vehicle maker is delaying the unveiling of its Robotaxi by two months. … Read more
Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Google is testing facial recognition technology for office security “to help prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to our campuses,” according to a description of the program that was viewed by CNBC. The initial test is taking place at one of Alphabet’s sites in Kirkland, Washington, a Seattle … Read more
