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SplashEZ 3-in-1 Splash Pad, Now 50% Off
Summertime can equate to hours of refreshing, fun-filled playtime outdoors. Now, imagine coupling that fun with an educational experience. Sounds…
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Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to allow Alphabet…
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Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far
In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will…
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Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade
Alphabet’s Gemini AI model has been public for only two months, but the company is already releasing an upgrade. Gemini…
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Google Parent Alphabet’s Spending on Acquisitions Cratered in 2023
Pennies were pinched in Mountain View last year. For much of its existence as a public company, Google had made…
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Google Splits Up Its Responsible AI Team
When Google CEO Sundar Pichai emailed his workers the company priorities for 2024 this month, developing AI responsibly was top…
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Six Months Ago Elon Musk Called for a Pause on AI. Instead Development Sped Up
Six months ago this week, many prominent AI researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs signed an open letter calling for a six-month…
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Sundar Pichai on Google’s AI, Microsoft’s AI, OpenAI, and … Did We Mention AI?
We’re talking about AI in a very nuts-and-bolts way, but a lot of the discussion centers on whether it will…
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT
In 2014, DeepMind was acquired by Google after demonstrating striking results from software that used reinforcement learning to master simple…
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Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
Elmore says the goal is to force reform. “We can’t bring the victims of this lawsuit back, but we can…
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