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Sundar Pichai's Net Worth Hits $1.1 Billion After Alphabets Market Surge
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, propelled by a rise in the company’s stock and continued investments in artificial intelligence, has reached billionaire status.
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Waymo, Driverless Taxi Start-Up From Google's Parent Firm, Raises $5.6 Billion
Alphabet's self-driving unit, Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Google Responds To Antitrust Body Ordering Probe Into Play Store Billing
Alphabet Inc's Google has underscored that it takes its commitment to follow local laws and regulations seriously as India's antitrust body on Friday ordered a probe against the US company.
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Google Cautions Employees On Use Of AI Chatbots Including Its Own Bard
Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets the program around the world, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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US Justice Department's Antitrust Case Against Google's Advertising Practices Gets Fast-Paced Schedule
The US Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit challenging Google's digital advertising technology practices has been fast-tracked, after a federal judge on Friday said the firm and the DoJ must disclose factual evidence by January 18, 2024. Google and the US Justice Department had sought at least five additional months to prepare for the upcoming t...
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Google Staff Anxiety Runs High After 12,000 Colleagues Cut
Google employees, after watching peers at rival tech firms lose their jobs en masse, were anxious about when layoffs would happen to them. Then on Friday morning, some of them couldn't get into their corporate accounts.
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Google's Request For Stay On Indian Antitrust Body's Ruling Rejected
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined Google's request for an interim stay on an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform.
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Google Fires Software Engineer Who Claimed AI Chatbot Is Self-Aware
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person.
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Google Cloud to Adopt Arm-Based Ampere Chips, Increasing Pressure on AMD, Intel
Google Cloud will start to adopt Arm-based computing chips, joining a transition that takes away market share from leaders Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The company said its new offering will be based on Ampere's "Altra" chips. Ampere is a chip firm founded by former Intel executives and boasts clients such as Microsoft and Oracle.
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Alphabet's Waymo, Uber Freight In Deal For Future Self-Driving Trucks
Waymo Via, the self-driving trucking unit of Alphabet Inc, and Uber Technology Inc's Freight business said they signed a long-term strategic partnership that would allow future customers to deploy autonomous trucks more efficiently.
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Tesla Reports Highest Automated Tech Vehicle Crashes in the US, Reveals NHTRA Report
Tesla, in its disclosure to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has reported 273 vehicle crashes involving advanced driving assistance systems like Autopilot since July 2021. The US regulator mandated all automakers and tech companies in June 2021 to immediately report all crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems.
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Alphabet Unit Waymo Says Ready To Launch Driverless Vehicle Services In San Francisco
Company says vehicles are ready to be deployed without safety drivers though hasn't given a launch timeline for fully driverless services.
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Robotaxi Race Opens Up As Top Contender Waymo In Low gear In Arizona
Companies including Ford Motor Co's Argo AI and General Motors Co's Cruise are competing for the billions of dollars in financing needed to automate driving through artificial intelligence software and expensive sensors.
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Waymo Has Tens Of Thousands People On San Francisco Robotaxi Waitlist, Co-CEO Says
Waymo is among a small number of companies around the world that have billions of dollars in financing to develop self-driving cars and trucks.
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Waymo And China's Zeekr Partner To Develop Driverless Taxis
The partnership with Zeekr will help Waymo expand its driverless ride-hailing service in the face of increased competition, and also create inroads for Chinese brand Geely into the U.S. market.
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Sundar Pichai's Net Worth Hits $1.1 Billion After Alphabets Market Surge
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, propelled by a rise in the company’s stock and continued investments in artificial intelligence, has reached billionaire status.
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Waymo, Driverless Taxi Start-Up From Google's Parent Firm, Raises $5.6 Billion
Alphabet's self-driving unit, Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Google Responds To Antitrust Body Ordering Probe Into Play Store Billing
Alphabet Inc's Google has underscored that it takes its commitment to follow local laws and regulations seriously as India's antitrust body on Friday ordered a probe against the US company.
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Google Cautions Employees On Use Of AI Chatbots Including Its Own Bard
Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets the program around the world, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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US Justice Department's Antitrust Case Against Google's Advertising Practices Gets Fast-Paced Schedule
The US Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit challenging Google's digital advertising technology practices has been fast-tracked, after a federal judge on Friday said the firm and the DoJ must disclose factual evidence by January 18, 2024. Google and the US Justice Department had sought at least five additional months to prepare for the upcoming t...
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Google Staff Anxiety Runs High After 12,000 Colleagues Cut
Google employees, after watching peers at rival tech firms lose their jobs en masse, were anxious about when layoffs would happen to them. Then on Friday morning, some of them couldn't get into their corporate accounts.
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Google's Request For Stay On Indian Antitrust Body's Ruling Rejected
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined Google's request for an interim stay on an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform.
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Google Fires Software Engineer Who Claimed AI Chatbot Is Self-Aware
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person.
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Google Cloud to Adopt Arm-Based Ampere Chips, Increasing Pressure on AMD, Intel
Google Cloud will start to adopt Arm-based computing chips, joining a transition that takes away market share from leaders Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The company said its new offering will be based on Ampere's "Altra" chips. Ampere is a chip firm founded by former Intel executives and boasts clients such as Microsoft and Oracle.
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Alphabet's Waymo, Uber Freight In Deal For Future Self-Driving Trucks
Waymo Via, the self-driving trucking unit of Alphabet Inc, and Uber Technology Inc's Freight business said they signed a long-term strategic partnership that would allow future customers to deploy autonomous trucks more efficiently.
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Tesla Reports Highest Automated Tech Vehicle Crashes in the US, Reveals NHTRA Report
Tesla, in its disclosure to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has reported 273 vehicle crashes involving advanced driving assistance systems like Autopilot since July 2021. The US regulator mandated all automakers and tech companies in June 2021 to immediately report all crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems.
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Alphabet Unit Waymo Says Ready To Launch Driverless Vehicle Services In San Francisco
Company says vehicles are ready to be deployed without safety drivers though hasn't given a launch timeline for fully driverless services.
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Robotaxi Race Opens Up As Top Contender Waymo In Low gear In Arizona
Companies including Ford Motor Co's Argo AI and General Motors Co's Cruise are competing for the billions of dollars in financing needed to automate driving through artificial intelligence software and expensive sensors.
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Waymo Has Tens Of Thousands People On San Francisco Robotaxi Waitlist, Co-CEO Says
Waymo is among a small number of companies around the world that have billions of dollars in financing to develop self-driving cars and trucks.
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Waymo And China's Zeekr Partner To Develop Driverless Taxis
The partnership with Zeekr will help Waymo expand its driverless ride-hailing service in the face of increased competition, and also create inroads for Chinese brand Geely into the U.S. market.
