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Google One VPN to be discontinued, here’s the reason
13Apr By adminNo Comments
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Google One VPN to be discontinued, here’s the reason

[ad_1] Google One users received disappointing news today as Google announced the discontinuation of its VPN feature in the coming months. Introduced back in October 2020, the VPN by Google One aimed to provide an extra layer of online protection for Android users, promising peace of mind regarding data safety. Despite its initial promise, Google revealed that usage of the VPN feature was significantly lower than anticipated, leading to its discontinuation.Reasons for DiscontinuationInitially available exclusively to Premium plan subscribers at $9.99 per month, the VPN was later offered at a reduced rate of $1.99 per month in March 2023. However, even with the price drop, adoption rates remained low, prompting Google to shift its focus to more in-demand features within the Google One pl...
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Alphabet to set a new record as investors happy with Google’s AI progress
11Apr By adminNo Comments
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Alphabet to set a new record as investors happy with Google’s AI progress

[ad_1] Investors are becoming more optimistic about Alphabet Inc.'s artificial intelligence strategy, after a run of glitches and misfires that sent its shares tumbling.  The stock is heading back toward what would be a record $2 trillion market value — a milestone surpassed only by Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in the United States. It has rallied back from last month's low, when the shares dropped on concerns the company was falling behind in AI.  Google eyes enterprise-ready AI solutions  Using this week's cloud event to show that its AI model is enterprise-ready despite recent stumbles in its consumer-facing tools, focus is now turning to this month's earnings and a developer's conference in May. While Alphabet's path to AI monetization is still seen as cloudy, the st...
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CEO Sundar Pichai tells what is important for AI chatbots to be successful amid Google Gemini criticisms
7Apr By adminNo Comments
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CEO Sundar Pichai tells what is important for AI chatbots to be successful amid Google Gemini criticisms

[ad_1]  In a recent address at the 2024 Business, Government & Society Forum, Google CEO Sundar Pichai delved into the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the tech giant's products. Specifically, he addressed the critique Google faced regarding the responses of its Gemini AI chatbot. Pichai emphasised that the high expectations set by users act as a catalyst for Google's continuous efforts to enhance its products.Responding to inquiries about Google's approach to handling such criticisms, Pichai underscored the company's commitment to incorporating a diverse array of viewpoints from its global user base, reflecting the plurality of opinions found on the internet, Times of India reported. Also read: WhatsApp to introduce status notifications feature soon: Here's how it will work ...
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Google Gemini’s flawed AI racial images seen as warning of tech titans’ power
17Mar By adminNo Comments
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Google Gemini’s flawed AI racial images seen as warning of tech titans’ power

[ad_1] For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google Gemini chatbot cranked out images of Black and Asian Nazi soldiers was seen as a warning about the power artificial intelligence can give tech titans. Google CEO Sundar Pichai last month slammed as "completely unacceptable" errors by his company's Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as the images of ethnically diverse Nazi troops forced it to temporarily stop users from creating pictures of people.Social media users mocked and criticized Google for the historically inaccurate images, like those showing a female black US senator from the 1800s -- when the first such senator was not elected until 1992. "We definitely messed up on the image generation," Google co-founder Sergey Brin said at a rece...
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Sundar Pichai-led Google faces ‘Clear and Present Danger’ of falling short in AI
2Mar By adminNo Comments
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Sundar Pichai-led Google faces ‘Clear and Present Danger’ of falling short in AI

[ad_1] The only thing that matters to CEO Sundar Pichai-led Alphabet Inc. investors is whether it can get artificial intelligence right. That was the message delivered this week as the company's shares tumbled following news that Google's flagship AI product was misfiring. The selloff erased $80 billion in market value in a single day, underscoring the importance investors now place on all things AI.For a firm with the world's biggest digital advertising business — its operations generated more than $100 billion in cash last year, with a record chunk of that going back to shareholders — the threat is simple: some other company may develop an AI-powered search engine that, as unlikely as it may seem now, makes Google obsolete. “Alphabet falling behind in AI is a clear and present danger,...
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S. Ramaswamy, Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella, here are top 10 Indian-origin CEOs heading global companies
29Feb By adminNo Comments
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S. Ramaswamy, Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella, here are top 10 Indian-origin CEOs heading global companies

[ad_1] Over the years, multinational companies have been appointing top talented execs from India in the highest roles and positions. In sectors, from tech to healthcare, we have seen Indian-origin leaders handling crucial operations in global companies. Today, American cloud computing company Snowflake has appointed Sridhar Ramaswamy as the new CEO. Check out the list of the top 10 Indian-origin CEOs of global companies that aspiring entrepreneurs can emulate. Top 10 Indian-origin CEOsSridhar Ramaswamy: S. Ramaswamy has been announced as the CEO of cloud computing company Snowflake. He is originally from Tamil Nadu, India and pursued a bachelor's degree in computer science from IIT Madras. He completed his further studies in computer science at Brown University. Earlier he worked for G...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai slams ‘completely unacceptable’ Gemini AI app errors
28Feb By adminNo Comments
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai slams ‘completely unacceptable’ Gemini AI app errors

[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday slammed "completely unacceptable" errors by its Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as images of ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops forced it to stop users from creating pictures of people. The controversy emerged within weeks of Google's high-profile rebranding of its ChatGPT-style AI to "Gemini", giving the app unprecedented prominence in its products as it competes with OpenAI and its backer Microsoft.Social media users mocked and criticized Google for the historically inaccurate Gemini-generated images, such as US senators from the 1800s that were ethnically diverse and included women. "I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app," Pichai wrote in a letter to staff, which was publish...
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Gemini 1.5: Google touts AI to vet troves of content in seconds; CEO Sundar Pichai predicts profit
15Feb By adminNo Comments
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Gemini 1.5: Google touts AI to vet troves of content in seconds; CEO Sundar Pichai predicts profit

[ad_1] Reading "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy's monumental novel that runs half a million words long and often over 1,000 pages, might be a minute-long affair for a new artificial intelligence model from Google. The Alphabet-owned company on Thursday showcased Gemini 1.5, an upgrade to its suite of AI models it announced two months ago. In a single prompt, a user can ask Google's AI to analyze vastly more content than before -- 30,000 lines of code, 11 hours of audio, a whole hour of video, Google said. That's for Pro, the family's mid-sized model. In concrete terms, Pro can process 1 million pieces of data known as tokens -- five times the amount that Anthropic, perhaps the closet competitor in this regard, handles in a query of its Claude 2.1 technology. Reuters was unable to independ...
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Google brings artist formerly known as Bard, into Gemini era; Sundar Pichai says supports ‘entire ecosystem’
8Feb By adminNo Comments
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Google brings artist formerly known as Bard, into Gemini era; Sundar Pichai says supports ‘entire ecosystem’

[ad_1] Google has rebranded its Bard chatbot as Gemini and also unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system behind it. Now termed Gemini, the chatbot offers consumers the option to enhance its reasoning capabilities through a paid subscription model for the advanced version. In effect, Gemini Advanced offers the best of Google's AI features in a single place, but you will need to subscribe to the new Google One AI Premium plan.CEO Sundar Pichai, in his blog, said, “The version with Ultra will be called Gemini Advanced, a new experience far more capable at reasoning, following instructions, coding, and creative collaboration. For example, it can be a personal tutor, tailored to your learning style. Or it can be a creative partner, helping you plan a content strategy or build a bus...
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Microsoft, Google Woo India Programmers to Win AI Leadership
2Feb By adminNo Comments
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Microsoft, Google Woo India Programmers to Win AI Leadership

[ad_1] Top executives from Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. are touring India over the next week to court the country's millions of programmers and support the adoption of artificial intelligence services in a key market. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella will address developers and technologists on “discovering new opportunities with AI” during a visit next week in Bangalore, the country's technology epicenter. He'll also speak to industry leaders in Mumbai about the opportunities and challenges with next-generation AI. Separately, Google's chief scientist Jeff Dean will speak on AI's next frontier with researchers, developers and startups in Bangalore and then participate in a fireside chat about India's role in enabling AI to drive massive societal impact.The dueling a...
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