The revisions provide developers “a meaningful opportunity” to do business outside of Apple’s billing system “while also enabling users to make an informed choice” about where to transact, attorneys for the company say in a court filing. The arrangement is similar to how Apple began allowing alternative purchase options—with a fee—in the Netherlands and South … Read more
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 Google CEO Sundar Pichai is warning employees that more job cuts are coming this year as the company continues to shift investments toward areas like artificial intelligence. … Read more
Google is cutting 100 employees at YouTube, the world’s most popular video platform, adding to the hundreds of other layoffs recently announced by the parent company, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. Google, which owns YouTube, told employees at YouTube’s operations and creator management teams that their jobs were eliminated, The New York Times reported, citing an … Read more
In recent years Google has used the word “helpful” to describe new features added to its search product, its voice assistant, its generative AI tool Bard, even its Pixel earbuds. A keyword-search for the word “helpful” in Google’s own corporate news blog brings up more than 1,200 results. Depending on what you’re searching for, though, … Read more
Google has updated its message for its Chrome “incognito mode” after settling a class-action privacy lawsuit last month that alleged the company collected data from users using the feature. The updated message clarifies that websites and services, including Google, can collect a user’s data, even while browsing in incognito mode. This comes weeks after the … Read more
Google announced Tuesday morning in an email to employees that “several hundred” more would be laid off in its latest round of cuts amid restructuring. In an internal memo, Google Chief Business Officer (CBO) Phillip Schindler confirmed that hundreds of jobs globally in the advertising sales department would be eliminated or “put at risk,” due … Read more
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models frequently produce false legal information, with so-called “hallucinations” occurring between 69 percent to 88 percent of the time, according to a recent study. Large language models (LLMs) — generative AI models, like ChatGPT, that are trained to understand and produce human language content — have previously been known to “hallucinate” … Read more
Google is laying off hundreds of workers across its virtual assistant, augmented reality and central engineering teams, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. The layoffs will impact a few hundred employees working on Google Assistant, as well as a few hundred workers from other parts of the company’s knowledge and information product teams, … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Senator Bob Menendez is facing new allegations of accepting gifts from Qatar for favorable comments about the government of Qatar, including tickets to Formula One’s Miami Grand Prix. Jon Cryer’s First Car Came From A Film Set The Democrat from New Jersey and his wife Nadine Arslanian are facing four … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Autonomous cars have been hitting public roads in a handful of cities around the United States, but the driverless phenomenon has raised one particularly perplexing question: How do we keep those driverless cars in check when they break traffic laws? NBC really delved into the matter this week. What’s The … Read more
