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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Decried Bad ‘Optics’ of Search Engine Deal With Apple

11Oct

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Decried Bad ‘Optics’ of Search Engine Deal With Apple

[ad_1] Google's Sundar Pichai raised concerns years before he became the company's chief executive officer that its deal with Apple Inc. had bad “optics” because there was no choice of which search engine to use in the company's web browser.Emails Pichai wrote in 2007 to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, among other executives, were introduced as evidence in the Justice Department's antitrust case against Alphabet Inc.'s Google, which is underway in Washington. The emails, written when Pichai was in charge of Google's Chrome browser, show concerns about the company's agreement to pay Apple in exchange for being the pre-selected search option on the Safari browser. “I know we are insisting on default, but at the same time I think we should encourage them to have Yahoo as a c...

21Jul

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google’s secret AI project, tech majors agree to safeguards, more

[ad_1] As months go by, the debates about the merits or demerits of artificial intelligence (AI) continue, while developments simultaneously carry on at their own pace. Notably, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has made a return to the company to work on a secret AI project called Gemini. On the other hand, seven big tech companies including Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta have agreed to voluntary regulations on the rapid development of AI.All this, and more in our roundup of the 5 big things in AI that you may have missed today. 1. Retired Google co-founder returns for a secret AI projectSergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google has cut short his retirement and is back at the Google office in Mountain View, California. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Brin is worki...

Sergey Brin returns to Google to work on secret AI project Gemini

21Jul

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Sergey Brin returns to Google to work on secret AI project Gemini

[ad_1] It has been four years since Sergey Brin, one of the cofounders of Google stepped down from his position as the president of its parent company Alphabet. But according to reports, his retirement has been cut short as he is now back at the Google office in Mountain View, California. And the same reports suggest that he is working on the company's one of the most ambitious projects of recent times — a general-purpose AI platform which is internally called Gemini. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the billionaire has been seen visiting the Google headquarters three to four days a week. The report also asserts that Brin is working to develop the company's next large artificial intelligence. Citing anonymous sources, the report also highlighted that the Google cofound...

Google Co-Founders Gain $17 Billion as AI Boost Lifts Stock

13May

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Google Co-Founders Gain $17 Billion as AI Boost Lifts Stock

[ad_1] Google's co-founders are reaping the rewards of the artificial intelligence frenzy, adding more than $17 billion to their combined wealth as the company unveiled a revamped search engine.Larry Page's net worth increased by $8.7 billion this week to $106.2 billion, while Sergey Brin's rose $8.3 billion to $101.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That puts them on track for their biggest weekly gain since February 2021. Google will start experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly, the Mountain View, California-based company said at its annual developer conference on Wednesday. That's helping the firm assert dominance in an increasingly competitive field. Shares of its parent, Alphabet Inc.,...