Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI talent war: ‘Our talent retention is healthy’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI talent war: ‘Our talent retention is healthy’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company continues to attract top AI talent, brushing off concerns about the ongoing AI talent war in Silicon Valley, where top tech companies are poaching talent from each other to stay ahead in the intensifying AI race. During Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings call, Pichai said Google has seen such moments […]

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UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms

UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms

Britain on Wednesday told Apple and Google to be fairer in how they distribute apps on their mobile platforms, setting out possible interventions as it plans to designate the U.S. tech companies with strategic market status over their duopoly. The country’s competition regulator, which was given a wider remit this year to take on Big […]

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Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now use ransomware

Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now use ransomware

A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft’s server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post. In the post, citing “expanded analysis and threat intelligence,” Microsoft said a group it dubs “Storm-2603” is using the vulnerability to seed the ransomware, which typically works by paralyzing victims’ […]

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Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say

Microsoft server hack hit about 100 organizations, researchers say

A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 organizations as of the weekend, two of the organizations that helped uncover the campaign said on Monday. Microsoft on Saturday issued an alert about “active attacks” on self-hosted SharePoint servers, which are widely used by organizations to share documents and collaborate within organizations. […]

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Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines

Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines

Microsoft will likely sign the European Union’s code of practice to help companies comply with the bloc’s landmark artificial intelligence rules, its president told Reuters on Friday, while Meta Platforms rebuffed the guidelines. Drawn up by 13 independent experts, the voluntary code of practice aims to provide legal certainty to signatories. They will have to […]

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Google Discover feed gets AI summaries on Android and iOS

Google Discover feed gets AI summaries on Android and iOS

Google has been constantly rolling out new AI features to its search engine, and now the tech giant is bringing AI summaries to Discover, the main news feed in the Google search app. Available on both the Android and iOS versions of the app, the new feature replaces headlines from major publications and instead displays […]

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Former OpenAI engineer on the culture at the ChatGPT-maker

Former OpenAI engineer on the culture at the ChatGPT-maker

Amid a talent war between Meta and OpenAI, Calvin French-Owen, an engineer who worked at the ChatGPT-maker and left the startup three weeks ago, described what it’s like to work there. The MIT graduate, who joined OpenAI in May 2024 and left in June, published a detailed blog post reflecting on his journey at OpenAI, […]

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Google says its AI agent stopped a cyberattack even before hackers made a move

Google says its AI agent stopped a cyberattack even before hackers made a move

With tech giants pouring billions into artificial intelligence, the technology has seen rapid advancement in the past few years. From medical science to problem-solving, AI models are proving to be more effective than humans in some areas. Now, Google has announced that its AI agent has stopped a cyber attack even before it happened. In […]

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Google-backed coalition to help scale ocean, rock carbon removals

Google-backed coalition to help scale ocean, rock carbon removals

A coalition backed by Google , Stripe and Shopify will spend $1.7 million to buy carbon removal credits from three early stage firms on behalf of the tech giants to help scale up the nascent markets, an executive told Reuters. The world is expected to need to suck between five and 10 billion tons a […]

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Meta’s Zuckerberg pledges hundreds of billions for AI data centers in superintelligence push

Meta’s Zuckerberg pledges hundreds of billions for AI data centers in superintelligence push

Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that Meta Platforms would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build several massive AI data centers for superintelligence, intensifying his pursuit of a technology he has chased with a talent war for top engineers. The social media giant is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals […]

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