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Artificial intelligence: Google poised to unveil how it plans to take on ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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Google looks set to unveil how it plans to rival the wildly successful ChatGPT AI, possibly within days. The technology giant has scheduled a 40-minute event for Wednesday 8 February, when it will reveal how it is “reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information”. “Join us to learn how we’re opening up…
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Apple, Amazon and Google all offer gloomy outlooks in quarterly results | Business News
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Three of Silicon Valley’s largest companies posted disappointing financial results on Thursday, compounding concerns about a slowdown in the tech sector. Recession fears have hit both corporate and consumer spending globally, leading to the likes of Apple, Alphabet and Amazon all signalling a tough recovery from the highs of 2021. Alphabet, the parent company of…
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‘Google it’ no more? How AI could change the way we search the web | Science & Tech News
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It’s hard to imagine the internet without Google. The tech giant has become so synonymous with searching the web that it has become a verb – we don’t look it up, we “Google it”. Google ended 2022 as it ends every year, as the most visited website in the world. Its estimated share of the…
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Google job fears in UK and Ireland as parent firm Alphabet slashes 12,000 staff globally | Business News
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Google workers in the UK and Ireland face uncertainty after its parent company Alphabet announced 12,000 jobs are to be axed globally. The Silicon Valley giant employs more than 5,000 staff in both countries, but the company would not be drawn on how the mass redundancies would impact them. The “difficult news” about the job…
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Google is testing a new AI chatbot – we put it through its paces | Science & Tech News
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The scene is 10 Downing Street, the home of the prime minister. It’s a crisp, cool day. A lawn mower can be heard in the distance. There’s a knock at the door, and it’s answered by a policeman! Now, before anyone gets any ideas, the setup to this particular story is the work of an…
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Stadia to shut next year after Google says it didn’t gain enough ‘traction’ with gamers | Science & Tech News
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Google has said it’s shutting down its Stadia cloud gaming service early next year. It launched three years ago and allows players to stream games to their TV, laptop or phone without needing a console. But Google said it had made the “difficult decision” because it hadn’t “gained the traction with users that we expected”.…
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Elon Musk denies affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife | World News
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Elon Musk has denied reports that he had a brief affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan. The Tesla and SpaceX boss said on Twitter there was “nothing romantic” between him and Ms Shanahan, adding that he and Mr Brin remain friends. Mr Musk’s tweets came after a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report…
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Google sacks senior software engineer Blake Lemoine after claiming its AI chatbot is a ‘sentient’ being | Science & Tech News
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Google has sacked a senior software engineer after he claimed the company’s AI chatbot is a “sentient” being. The search engine’s parent company Alphabet said Blake Lemoine’s claims about LaMDA (its language model for dialogue applications) are “wholly unfounded”. “It’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear…