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Google Bets $2 Billion on AI Startup Anthropic, Inks Cloud Deal
28Oct By adminNo Comments
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Google Bets $2 Billion on AI Startup Anthropic, Inks Cloud Deal

[ad_1]  Google has committed to invest $2 billion in the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, solidifying its relationship with the startup darling and stoking the Silicon Valley frenzy for AI. The deal is structured as a convertible note, a type of debt that will convert to equity at the startup's next funding round, an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed. The deal closely follows another large convertible note investment into Anthropic from Amazon.com Inc. for up to $4 billion earlier this year.  With the latest financing, Alphabet Inc.'s Google invested $500 million with a commitment to add $1.5 billion more in the future, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The investment is in addition to the $550 milli...
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Google for India 2023: 10 BIG announcements – Google Pixel 8 to be made in India, Google Cloud for farmers, and more
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Google for India 2023: 10 BIG announcements – Google Pixel 8 to be made in India, Google Cloud for farmers, and more

[ad_1] Google for India 2023: The 9th edition of the annual Google India event came with a number of big announcements. Apart from announcing the impact of generative AI as a way to eliminate the roadblocks for digital users and entrepreneurs, and highlighting the new shopping experience on AI-led Search Generative Experience (SGE), Google also made a number of key announcements. It has now integrated Google Maps with ONDC and added new features for Indian farmers via Google Cloud. And most interestingly, the Google Pixel 8 series will be made in India. Let us take a look at the 10 big announcements made during the event. 10 big announcements during the Google for India event1. Google Cloud to help Indian farmers - It was announced that Google Cloud has partnered with ONDC to help farme...
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PwC Offers Advice From Bots in Deal With ChatGPT Firm OpenAI
17Oct By adminNo Comments
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PwC Offers Advice From Bots in Deal With ChatGPT Firm OpenAI

[ad_1] PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has teamed up with ChatGPT owner OpenAI to offer clients advice generated by artificial intelligence as the Big Four audit firms look to cut costs and boost productivity.The accounting firm will use AI to consult on complex matters in tax, legal and human resources, such as carrying out due diligence on companies, identifying compliance issues and even recommending whether to authorize business deals. The tie-up makes PwC the first of the Big Four to partner with OpenAI, which is regarded as one of the companies at the forefront of generative AI technology with its ChatGPT chatbot. The major audit firms have been cutting costs to cope with a slowdown in professional services. PwC is freezing pay increases and bonuses for some of its 25,000 UK staff, Del...
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Google to defend generative AI users from copyright claims, but fails to mention Bard Chatbot
13Oct By adminNo Comments
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Google to defend generative AI users from copyright claims, but fails to mention Bard Chatbot

[ad_1] Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms if they are accused of intellectual property violations, joining Microsoft, Adobe and other companies that have made similar pledges.Major technology companies like Google have been investing heavily in generative AI and racing to incorporate it into their products. Prominent writers, illustrators and other copyright owners have said in several lawsuits that both the use of their work to train the AI systems and the content the systems create violate their rights. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. "To our knowledge, Google is the first in the industry to offer a comprehensive, two-pronged approach to indemnity" that specifically covers b...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google Cloud announces Vertex AI Search, UK’s AI hackathon and more
9Oct By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google Cloud announces Vertex AI Search, UK’s AI hackathon and more

[ad_1] AI Roundup: Google Cloud has introduced Vertex AI Search, offering early access to healthcare professionals. Meanwhile, the UK announced an AI hackathon that is set to take place at the end of this month, exploring AI's potential in education-related tasks. In a separate development, China aims to increase computing power by nearly 50 percent by 2025.All this, and more in today's AI roundup. 1. Google Cloud introduces Vertex AI Search for healthcare professionalsExpanding its already vast portfolio of AI services and products, Google Cloud in a blog post on Monday announced that early access to Vertex AI Search is now available. Healthcare professionals and companies can take advantage of Google's AI-powered search to find accurate clinical information much more efficiently, and ...
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Google to add AI models from Meta, Anthropic to its cloud platform
31Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google to add AI models from Meta, Anthropic to its cloud platform

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s Google is adding artificial intelligence tools from companies including Meta Platforms Inc. and Anthropic to its cloud platform, weaving more generative AI into its products and positioning itself as a one-stop shop for cloud customers seeking to tap into the technology.Google's cloud clients will be able to access Meta's Llama 2 large language model, as well as AI startup Anthropic's Claude 2 chatbot, to customize with enterprise data for their own apps and services. The move announced Tuesday at Google's Next '23 event in San Francisco, is part of the company's effort to position its platform as one where customers have the freedom to choose an AI model that best meets their needs, whether from the company itself or one of its partners. More than 100 powerful AI...
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Google unveils SynthID, a watermark for AI images that is impossible to remove
30Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google unveils SynthID, a watermark for AI images that is impossible to remove

[ad_1] Google DeepMind, the AI division of the company, is launching a tool that will both identify as well as watermark images created with the help of artificial intelligence. This major breakthrough was announced on Tuesday, August 29, when the DeepMind team revealed the product for the first time. This watermark can help with the ongoing challenge of deepfakes where it is sometimes very difficult to tell apart the artificially created image from the real one. This detection tool can enable people to identify fake images and not fall into the trap of cybercriminals. This new tool has been named SynthID. Announcing the tool, the DeepMind team said in a blog post, “Today, in partnership with Google Cloud, we're launching a beta version of SynthID, a tool for watermarking and identifyin...
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Google unveils AI tools for enterprise customers at $30 a month
30Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google unveils AI tools for enterprise customers at $30 a month

[ad_1] Google on Tuesday made its artificial intelligence-powered tools available to enterprise customers at a monthly price of $30 per user, as the Alphabet-owned firm looks to cash in on the technology's surge in popularity this year.The price is the same as rival Microsoft's "Copilot" AI-powered office software suite that includes Teams and Outlook. Google has intensified investments in generative AI this year as it plays catch-up after Microsoft-backed OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT last year took the tech world by storm. Its Tuesday announcement was made at the Google Next conference in San Francisco, where the company also unveiled a new version of its custom-built AI chips and a tool to watermark and identify images generated by AI.Google's new tools include "Duet AI in Workspace", w...
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Google opens access to meeting assistant, other Gen AI-enabled tools
30Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google opens access to meeting assistant, other Gen AI-enabled tools

[ad_1] Google has opened access to its meeting assistant Duet AI which will enable users to attend meetings and generate notes without joining calls, the company said on Tuesday.So far, access to the AI collaborator was restricted to subscribers. Duet AI is Google's AI integration for Google Cloud and Workspace, which will allow users to not only take notes, but also join meetings on their behalf, capture notes, action items and video snippets, a senior Google Workspace executive said during a media roundtable ahead of Google Cloud Next 2023 on Tuesday. "Duet will act as your meeting assistant -- capturing notes, action items, video snippets in real time with the new 'Take notes for me' feature. This can even help you to jump in and join late," Google Workspace VP-Products Kristina Behr...
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Google Says Over Half of Generative AI Startups Use Its Cloud
30Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google Says Over Half of Generative AI Startups Use Its Cloud

[ad_1] When employees leave Google to join the artificial intelligence startup race, the search giant still has a way to benefit — by keeping those former workers as cloud customers.More than half of venture-backed generative AI startups pay for Google's cloud computing platform, Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, said Tuesday. Of the startups valued at over $1 billion, 70% are Google Cloud customers, and about a third of those are helmed by former employees, including Anthropic, Character.ai and Cohere, the company said. That gives Google a way to extend its influence in the field even when it sheds talent. Google's cloud unit, which reported a profit for the first time this year, has emerged as one of the company's best bets for growth as its core search business matures. Google ...
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