eric schmidt

Alphabet issues first ever dividend, $70 billion buyback

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Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai departs federal court on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Pichai testified on Monday to defend his company in the largest antitrust case since the 1990s. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet’s board said Thursday the company would issue a 20 cent per share dividend, … Read more

Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It

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In November 2019, the US government’s National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), an influential body chaired by former Google CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt, warned that China was using artificial intelligence to “advance an autocratic agenda.” Just two months earlier, Schmidt was also seeking potential personal connections to China’s AI industry on a … Read more