Google consolidates its teams to accelerate AI innovation
A major re-org at Google should ensure that the company remains a leader in AI development. Various research, platform and hardware teams are being merged to make it easier to make strategic choices.
CEO Sundar Pichai explains how Google will change its structure. First, the company is consolida... Read more
Google moves part of operations and lays off employees once more
For the second time this year, Google is laying off a large number of employees. The round of layoffs mainly affects the finance and real estate departments of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
The layoffs follow an earlier major round of layoffs this year. Last year, Google and other Alphabet ... Read more
Google hints at breakthrough for LLMs with Infini-attention
Google researchers claim they've cracked the code to give large language models (LLMs) the literary equivalent of an endless appetite. Their latest paper unveils 'Infini-attention,' a technique that supposedly lets models munch on input of infinite length without getting indigestion from memory ove... Read more
Deepmind CEO expects to spend more than $100 billion on AI
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's AI subsidiary Deepmind, estimates that the company will spend more than $100 billion on AI, given enough time.
He was responding to questions from the audience at a TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. Someone asked about Google Deepmind's response to the announce... Read more
Google Chat must compete with Slack and Teams
The market for business tools such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, as well as Teams, Slack, Zoom, Dropbox and Webex has been booming over the past few years. With the introduction of all kinds of GenAI tools, there is going to be another shift in this area. The only question is in whose favour ... Read more
Epic Games demands Google reform the Play Store
Epic Games wants a U.S. judge to force Google to open up the Play Store more to competition from alternative app stores. The game company is taking this further in its earlier battle against Google over alternative app payment methods.
According to the new demands, Epic Games is now asking the j... Read more
Chrome Enterprise Premium offers browser security, for a price
Google recently introduced an enterprise-targeted paid version of its Chrome browser: Chrome Enterprise Premium. Among other things, this variant of the well-known browser should offer businesses better AI-based security features.
Google now sees the browser as a standalone endpoint that employe... Read more
Reuters: ‘Smaller browsers used more after DMA went into effect’
A recent survey shows that smaller providers of internet browsers are seeing an uptick in usage after the EU's Digital Markers Act (DMA) went into effect. According to Reuters, this means that the laws and regulations for these providers are helping to make a dent in the market dominance of behemot... Read more
Google Workspace expanded to include Google Vids and other AI tools
Google is adding an AI-powered video creation tool called Google Vids to Google Workspace. This tool assists users in creating short videos for a variety of applications. Based on user prompts, the tool suggests scripts, a visual style, voiceover and background music.
It also offers a choice of... Read more
Google Cloud unveils updates to Gemini, Imagen, Gemma and Vertex AI
At Google Cloud Next this year, AI once again plays centre stage. Google Cloud is bringing the necessary updates to its existing LLM offerings within Vertex AI. For example, Gemini 1.5 Pro is in public preview effective immediately. On top of that, it is introducing Imagen 2.0 to generate images, a... Read more