Red Bull Now Investigating Helmut Marko Over Leaks Of Christian Horner’s Inappropriate Conduct

Red Bull Now Investigating Helmut Marko Over Leaks Of Christian Horner’s Inappropriate Conduct

Helmut Marko (right) chatting with Max Verstappen, three-time F1 champion and Marko’s leveragePhoto: Clive Rose (Getty Images) Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko is now the focus of an investigation into media leaks regarding the inappropriate behavior allegations made against team principal Christian Horner. This comes a few days after the energy drinks company dismissed … Read more

Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum

The Google corporate logo hangs outside the Google Germany offices on August 31, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images During a keynote speech in New York on Monday from the managing director of Google’s Israel business, an employee in the company’s cloud division protested publicly, proclaiming “I refuse … Read more

Chinese national charged with stealing Google AI secrets

Chinese national charged with stealing Google AI secrets

A Chinese national was charged with stealing trade secrets on Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology while secretly working for two AI companies based in China, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Linwei Ding was indicted on four counts of theft of trade secrets, after he allegedly transferred more than 500 unique files containing confidential … Read more

Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination

Google Used a Black, Deaf Worker to Tout Its Diversity. Now She’s Suing for Discrimination

Hall says when she has access to an interpreter, they are rotated throughout the week, forcing her to repeatedly explain some technical concepts. “Google is going the cheap route,” Hall claims, saying her interpreters in university were more literate in tech jargon. Kathy Kaufman, director of coordinating services at DSPA, says it pays above market … Read more

Europe’s Digital Markets Act Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech

Europe’s Digital Markets Act Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech

Citizens of the European Union live in an internet built and ruled by foreign powers. Most people in the EU use an American search engine, shop on an American ecommerce site, thumb American phones, and scroll through American social media feeds. That fact has triggered increasing alarm in the corridors of Brussels, as the EU … Read more

Google Is Finally Trying to Kill AI Clickbait

Google Is Finally Trying to Kill AI Clickbait

Google is taking action against algorithmically generated spam. The search engine giant just announced upcoming changes, including a revamped spam policy, designed in part to keep AI clickbait out of its search results. “It sounds like it’s going to be one of the biggest updates in the history of Google,” says Lily Ray, senior director … Read more

Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference

Over 600 Google Workers Urge the Company to Cut Ties With Israeli Tech Conference

More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. “Please withdraw from Mind the Tech, issue an apology, and stand with Googlers and … Read more

Sergey Brin says Google ‘definitely messed up’ with Gemini launch

Sergey Brin says Google ‘definitely messed up’ with Gemini launch

Sergey Brin, president of Alphabet and co-founder of Google David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google co-founder Sergey Brin, in a rare public appearance over the weekend, told a group of artificial intelligence enthusiasts that he came out of retirement “because the trajectory of AI is so exciting.” Brin, 50, spoke to entrepreneurs … Read more

OpenAI says Musk claims in lawsuit ‘stem from Elon’s regrets’ he’s out

OpenAI says Musk claims in lawsuit ‘stem from Elon’s regrets’ he’s out

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI executives disputed claims Elon Musk laid out in a lawsuit on Thursday, and said the Tesla CEO is upset that he’s no longer part of the artificial intelligence startup. … Read more

Here Come the AI Worms

Here Come the AI Worms

As generative AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini become more advanced, they are increasingly being put to work. Startups and tech companies are building AI agents and ecosystems on top of the systems that can complete boring chores for you: think automatically making calendar bookings and potentially buying products. But as the tools … Read more