OpenAI and Google employees are warning their companies not to hand over AI to the Pentagon without safeguards.A growing number of current and former staff at OpenAI and Google have signed a joint petition opposing the use of their companies’ AI tools for mass surveillance use and weapons that can…
Google is ramping up pressure for more employees to use AI — and it’s not just software engineers who are expected to embrace it.In recent weeks, managers at Google have informed some workers in non-technical roles that they are also expected to use AI in their workflows, four employees familiar…
Google apologized on Tuesday for a news alert about a controversial moment at the British Academy Film Awards that contained the unedited N-word.”We’re deeply sorry for this mistake,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. “We’ve removed the offensive notification and are working to prevent this from happening again.”The now-deleted…
The memory shortage takes no prisoners. Even Google isn’t immune.AI companies are duking it out for greater and greater quantities of memory chips. The problem? The industry is heavily supply-constrained. Costs have skyrocketed, products have been tied up, and some companies — especially those in consumer electronics — are increasing…
Big Tech and watch fans could own the crossover piece of their dreams.Two custom timepieces made by Swiss watch brand Tudor for employee watch collector clubs at Apple and Google are up on the market.Silicon Valley is a place where flashy watches can be spotted on the wrists of leaders…
Sundar Pichai has had a meteoric rise since joining Google as a 31-year-old product manager in 2004.In the 11 years that followed his first steps on the Googleplex, Pichai was promoted four times, eventually becoming the CEO of Google in 2015. In that role, he was responsible for the company’s core…
