Sergey Brin points to where Google Glasses failed — and what Android XR gets right
Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin sat for an interview at Google I/O. Jennifer Elias Google on Tuesday announced that it’s getting back into the smart glasses game, and co-founder Sergey Brin said that this time will be different. “I’ve learned a lot,” Brin said Tuesday at a fireside chat during the […]
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Google launches $250 per month ‘VIP’ AI subscription service
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is adding a new artificial intelligence subscription service that offers exclusive access to the company’s most “cutting edge” AI products. Called “Google AI Ultra,” the new plan includes […]
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Google launches Veo 3, an AI video generator that incorporates audio
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks at the Google I/O developer conference. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Google on Tuesday announced Veo 3, an AI video generator that can also create and incorporate audio. The artificial intelligence tool competes with OpenAI’s Sora video generator, but its ability to also incorporate audio into […]
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Google is testing AI search on its homepage
Visual China Group | Getty Images Google‘s stalwart search button has a new neighbor: AI Mode. The artificial intelligence feature is being tested directly beneath the Google search bar beside a “Google Search” button, replacing the “I’m Feeling Lucky” widget. The new feature, though not widely available yet, is being tested in a location where […]
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Google launches AI startup fund offering access to new models and tools
Sundar Pichai, C.E.O. of Google and Alphabet, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Google will begin a new fund aimed at investing in artificial intelligence startups, the company announced Monday. Through a fund […]
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Google would need to shift up to 2,000 employees for antitrust remedies, search head says
Liz Reid, vice president, search, Google speaks during an event in New Delhi on December 19, 2022. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Testimony in Google‘s antitrust search remedies trial that wrapped hearings Friday shows how the company is calculating possible changes proposed by the Department of Justice. Google head of search Liz Reid […]
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Uber CEO says changing employee benefits ‘is a risk we decided to take’
Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi speaks during the “Intentional Equity in Sustainability” conversation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi last week told employees “it is what it is” at a heated all-hands meeting after the […]
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U.S. seeks breakup of Google’s ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly
A Google logo displayed on a smartphone. Mateusz Slodkowski | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has proposed that Alphabet’s Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP, a court filing showed Monday, after a federal judge found the company illegally dominated two online ad-tech markets. The judge set a September trial […]
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gets first salary raise in a decade
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 2, 2024. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has made tens of billions of dollars in recent years from his stake in the chipmaker, but he’s getting his first salary increase in a decade. […]
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Waymo, Toyota strike partnership to bring self-driving tech to personal vehicles
A Waymo self-driving car, seen with a driver, stops at a red light outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, March 31, 2025. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Alphabet-owned Waymo and Toyota on Tuesday announced a preliminary partnership to explore bringing robotaxi tech to personally-owned vehicles. “The companies will […]
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