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Sundar Pichai defends Google's AI-centric approach, emphasizes its role in ongoing transformation
- Sundar Pichai highlights AI as a significant platform shift that will impact every sector, emphasizing Google's key role in recent AI transformations.
- Google CEO views AI as a profound technology and a deeper shift akin to the rise of personal computers and the Internet.
- Pichai expresses excitement about Google's AI initiatives, including the Search Generative Experience, and emphasizes the company's deep investment in AI.
- Pichai also responds to criticism, attributing the platform shift to Google's work on transformers and emphasizing the importance of getting AI right for users.
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CCI probes Google's user choice billing system
- CCI investigating Google's User Choice Billing system following complaints from Match Group and an Indian startup alliance.
- Complainants allege the in-app payment system violates an earlier CCI order and is anti-competitive and unfair to app developers.
- CCI has asked Google to explain certain provisions related to the system, and the outcome of the inquiry could impact in-app purchases on Google Play Store in India.
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YouTube influencer admits to intentionally crashing his plane to get more followers
- YouTube influencer Pilot Trevor Jacob pleads guilty to obstructing a federal investigation after intentionally crashing his plane for YouTube views, potentially facing up to 20 years in federal prison.
- Jacob admits orchestrating the stunt in California to gain more views on his channel, parachuting out of the plane before it crashed.
- Authorities discovered his claims of engine failure were false, as he made no effort to contact air traffic control or search for a safe landing spot.
- Jacob filmed the crash, retrieved the footage, and uploaded a video titled "I Crashed My Plane," on December 23, 2021 which garnered nearly 3 million views.
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How Google Translate helped a 68-year-old woman lost in Kedarnath reunite with her family
- A 68-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh, who got separated from her family in Kedarnath, was successfully reunited with the help of Google Translate.
- Local police used Google Translate to communicate with the woman, who only spoke Telugu, and understand her situation.
- After getting information through Google Translate, the police contacted the woman's relatives and escorted her to Sonprayag to reunite with her family.
- Google Translate is a versatile tool that supports over 300 languages and can be used via the app or web, making it helpful for communication in diverse language situations.
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Google Maps gets major makeover! CEO Sundar Pichai reveals new features
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces major updates to Google Maps at Google I/O 2023, promising a transformative user experience.
- New features for Google Maps include Immersive View and Live View enhancements, providing users with detailed visual information for routes and places.
- New Immersive View feature in Google Maps offers multidimensional route previews, incorporating AI, computer vision, and historical driving trends to provide users with comprehensive information about bike lanes, sidewalks, intersections, and parking.
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How is new & improved Google AI search different from Bard chatbot?
- Alphabet's Google has showcased an updated version of its core search product that embeds more artificial intelligence (AI) in its answers.
- The updated version, called Search Generative Experience, will detect when generative AI can be used to answer a query and present the AI-generated response at the top of the search results page.
- The update includes a "conversational mode" that remembers the user's prior questions, making it easier for them to ask follow-up queries.
- In contrast Google's chatbot, Bard, has a persona that can hold human-like conversations and is intended for creative collaboration, while Google emphasizes traditional search for finding and seeking information.
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Jeffrey Epstein-related case: Virgin Islands wants to subpoena ‘untraceable’ Google co-founder Larry Page
- The US Virgin Islands government is unable to locate Google Co-founder Larry Page to serve a subpoena regarding his alleged links to JPMorgan Chase and Jeffrey Epstein.
- Despite good-faith attempts, including hiring an investigative firm, the government has been unsuccessful in locating Larry Page.
- The Virgin Islands is now seeking to serve Alphabet, Google's parent company, in relation to the ongoing investigation.
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The case against Google hinges on an antitrust “mistake”
- The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is set to challenge Google's monopolisation of digital advertising on exchanges, citing the DoubleClick acquisition in 2008 as the basis for the case.
- The DoJ's case aims to break up Google's ad-tech business and undo the DoubleClick merger, which is perceived as a choke point in the digital advertising industry.
- The DoJ's claim of "antitrust under-enforcement" is said to have fueled today's over-active merger control, with the agency being encouraged to learn more about tech and update their practices.
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Google plans to incorporate AI chat for upgraded search experience: Report
- Google is reportedly planning to revamp its search engine to incorporate conversations with AI, short videos, and social media posts to better serve users with more personalized and human-centric search results.
- The tech giant might unveil the new search features at its annual I/O developer conference, according to a report by WSJ.
- The move towards more conversational and visual search results aims to address queries that can't be easily answered by traditional web results.
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Google to revolutionize search experience for Gen Z with visually personalized touch: Report
- Google is reportedly planning to revamp its search engine to cater to the global youth population, making it more "visual, snackable, personal, and human," according to documents cited by the Wall Street Journal.
- The search engine giant intends to move away from the traditional presentation of search results in the form of "10 blue links" and incorporate more human voices to enhance the search experience for younger generations.
- Google is expected to unveil new features at its upcoming I/O developer conference that would enable users to converse with an AI program codenamed "Magi" and align with the company's goal of making its search engine more human-centric.
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31-year-old Google employee jumps to death from office
- A 31-year-old senior software engineer committed suicide by jumping from Google's office building in New York City on Thursday.
- The man jumped from the 14th floor of the building and was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.
- This incident happened a few months after a 33-year-old Google employee was found dead of an apparent suicide at his apartment in Manhattan.
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Google is falling behind in AI arms race, senior engineer warns
- A senior software engineer at Google has written a critique arguing that the open-source community is outpacing the tech giant in artificial intelligence.
- The engineer claims that Google's focus on rival startup OpenAI has distracted the company from the rapid developments being made in open-source technology.
- The author asserts that open-source communities are advancing models that rival the quality of those at big tech companies, and can be made more cheaply.
- The author recommends that Google shift its focus to smaller and more nimble models that can be iterated upon quickly.
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Google takes up more than 100,000 sq ft of co-working space in Pune for 3 years
- Google has leased over 1,00,000 square feet of office space in Pune for three years.
- The office space is located in a commercial tower and consists of two units on the 11th floor and one unit on the 12th floor.
- The starting monthly rent for the two units on the 11th floor is 71.60 crore, while the monthly rent for the unit on the 12th floor is 791.82 lakh. Google has also paid a security deposit of 17.57 crore.
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Google employees complain about CEO Sundar Pichai’s pay raise as cost cuts hit rest of the company
- Google employees are upset over CEO Sundar Pichai's $226 million pay raise and $70 billion stock buyback plan while the company is cutting costs and jobs.
- Internal Google platforms have been filled with memes and criticism of Pichai for taking a pay increase while cutting costs elsewhere.
- Pichai's compensation package included a $218 million stock award, a $2 million base salary, and nearly $6 million for personal security.
- Some employees are also frustrated that Google's stock buyback plan shows more respect for external shareholders than for its own workers.
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Google DeepMind CEO predicts AI to reach human-level intelligence within 5 years
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts that AI could achieve human-level cognitive abilities in the next five years.
- Hassabis also acknowledges that the rapid development of AI in the last few years has been incredible and could even accelerate in the future.
- As of now, artificial general intelligence is a topic of contention in the AI community, but Hassabis believes we could see "very general systems in the next few years."
- DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research have united as Google DeepMind to enhance progress towards a world where AI can help deal with the biggest challenges faced by humanity.
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