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Google Announces $2 Billion In AI Startup
Google has doubled down on its artificial intelligence bets by investing another $2 billion into AI startup Anthropic, according to a new report. Google has already invested $500 million upfront to Anthropic—a rival to ChatGPT creators OpenAI — and will pay off the remaining $1.5 billion over time, said a post released on October 27. The mega-deal adds to Google’s $550 million investment into Anthropic earlier in the year.
Tags: Google, Startup, AI Investment, Crypto, business
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Google Laid Off Director For News Ecosystem Madhav Chinnappa
In another layoff, Google has fired Director of News Ecosystem Development, Madhav Chinnappa, who worked at the Mountain View-based company for 13 years. After being laid off, Madhav wrote a long post about his time at Google, and thanked his teammates, colleagues. “I am on gardening leave at the moment. In the end, I am proud of what I have been able to achieve during 13 years at Google from
Tags: Google, fired, Madhav Chinnappa, Lay Off, Business News
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Sundar Pichai's Ancestral Chennai Home Found Its New Owner
In an emotional moment for Google CEO Sundar Pichai, his ancestral home in Chennai has been sold. Located in Chennai's Ashok Nagar, the house has found its new owner in Tamil actor and producer C Manikandan. “Sundar Pichai has made our country proud and buying the house where he lived will be a proud achievement of my life,” said C Manikandan. He recalled how Sundar's father broke down.
Tags: Chennai House, Sundar Pichai, Ancestral House, Google, C Manikandan
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Google Prevents 1.43 Million Apps To Enter Play Store Amid Violations
In a move to prevent violated apps to run on play store, Google banned 1.43 million apps, formed. In an official statement, Google said, "Google prevented 1.43 mn apps on Google Play in 2022 for policy-violation. We also continued to combat malicious developers and fraud rings, banning 173 bad accounts, and preventing over USD 2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions." Furthermore, Google also raised the bar for new developers.
Tags: prevention, Google, Play Store, Violation Of Policy, Technology
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CEO Sundar Pichai Hints Another Lay Off At Google
Google CEO Sundar Pichai hints another mass lay offs at the company. In an interview, Pichai said, the focus is on moving people to its most important areas and he did not rule out the possibility of another mass layoff. Pichai said, the company is looking into all aspects to re-engineer the cost base in response. Furthermore, as of now, the company has laid off 6% of work force.
Tags: Work Force, Mass Lay Off, Sundar Pichai, Google, Tech giant
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Neal Mohan Is New CEO Of YouTube
Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the new YouTube CEO, confirmed sources on February 17. The developments came after the current CEO Susan Wojcicki announced to step down from his post, after serving as the Chairman for 25 years. Mohan worked with Wojcicki for 15 years and was YouTube's chief product officer in 2015. Now, Susan will work with Sundar Pichai to take on an advisory role across Google and Alphabet
Tags: Youtube, business, CEO Susan Wojciccki, Neal Mohan, Google
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Ex Employee Of Google Shares Heartfelt Note On LinkedIn
Google also added itself in the list of companies, which conducted a mass layoffs, leaving over 10,000 employees jobless. CEO Sundar Pichai, in a letter to employees, announced the tough decision and accepted ‘full responsibility’ for the same. Of all the layoffs, there was a story was of an engineer, Joel Leitc who gave 16 years of his life and was laid off and shared his view on LinkedIn.
Tags: Google, LAYOFFS, Engineer, LinkedIn, Indian Business
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Google Doodle Commemorates 104th Birthday Of Late Indian Physicist & Meteorologist Anna Mani
The 104th birthday of Indian physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani, one of the nation's first female scientists, is being commemorated via a Google Doodle on August 23. Anna Mani's life's work made it possible for India to provide precise weather forecasts. The doodle stated, "She excelled so much in this male-dominated field that by 1953, she became head of the division." She perished in Kerala on August 16, 2001.
Tags: Google, Doodle, Birth Anniversary, Scientist, Indian physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani
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Google To Upgrade Alphabet's 'Helper Robots' With AI Language Capabilities
Alphabet, Google's parent company, is combining two of its most ambitious research projects, robotics and AI language understanding, to create a "helper robot" that can comprehend natural language orders. Alphabet has been working on robots that can perform simple chores such as fetching beverages and cleaning surfaces. The project is still in its early stages, with the robots being slow and reluctant, but have received an upgrade: enhanced… read-more
Tags: Google, Alphabet Inc, helper robot, Artificial Intelligence, language skills
Courtesy: DNA INDIA
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Google Doodle Honors Heritage Of Kite Flying On India's Independence Day
Google has created a doodle for Indian Independence Day 2022 to commemorate the people's efforts prior to August 15, 1947. The Google Doodle honors the Independence Day tradition of kite flying. India today has a unique position in global politics, and it appears that this position will only increase in the future. The country has emerged stronger in the post-Covid period, which has wreaked devastation since March of 2020.
Tags: Google, Google Doodle, Independence Day, kite flying, tradition
Courtesy: DNA INDIA
