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The Fallout From the Taylor Swift AI Porn Could Be Huge

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 12:20

Earlier this week, AI-generated porn featuring Taylor Swift started circulating on X (formerly Twitter). Swifties were scandalized. Polite society was incensed. Swift herself hasn’t publicly commented on the scandal but it’s easy to imagine she’s probably not thrilled about it.

Taylor Swift, OpenAI, artificial neural networks, generative pre trained transformer, twitter, generative artificial intelligence, BMW

Feds Launch Inquiry Into OpenAI and Microsoft’s Messy Relationship

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 08:21

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an inquiry into the billion-dollar AI deals of OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Anthropic on Thursday.

OpenAI, Microsoft, business finance, amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Sam Altman, gizmodo

Googlers are realizing layoffs are 'just business' — and they're starting to fight back

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:12

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. — Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
NurPhoto/ Getty Images; Tyler Lee/ BI

Tech, trending-uk, google, tech-layoffs, AI, sundar-pichai, alphabet

Meet America's newest mega-landlords: Google, Facebook, and Elon Musk

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 05:28

Tech Insider : Economy

For rent signs featuring logos for Google, Meta, and Tesla pop up in front of a row of gray two-story houses. — After years of running up against housing shortages, companies like Google, Meta, and Disney are taking matters into their own hands.
Arantza Pena Popo/Business Insider

Real Estate, economy, Discourse, Markets, Tech, real-estate, Housing

Google's Android strategy looks like it's unravelling

Tue, 12/12/2023 - 09:19

Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. — Google and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington on Monday.
Jose Luis Magana/AP

Tech, google, alphabet, epic, Fortnite, play-store

The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Hasbro to Amazon

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 18:27

Hasbro toy display — Hasbro is cutting around 20% of its workforce, its CEO announced. The company is facing continued slow sales even into the toy-heavy holiday season, he said.
Getty Images

Tech, Retail, finance, Careers, Vimeo, salesforce, business-visual-features

Apple and Google won't say if foreign governments are keeping tabs on you through your push alerts, senator says

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 23:06

Tech Insider : Politics

A stock photo shows a woman using a smartphone. — A stock photo shows a woman using a smartphone.
Getty Images

Tech, politics, speed-desk, apple, google, alphabet, ron-wyden

Google is finally launching Gemini, its biggest shot at OpenAI

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:00

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, wears a gray sweater and smiles on stage during a presentation at Google I/O in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. — Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on stage during a presentation at Google I/O in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023.
Google

Tech, google, alphabet, AI, gemini, OpenAI, artificial-intelligence

'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing letter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture

Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:07

Sundar Pichai — Stephen Lam/Reuters

Tech Insider, google, alphabet, Layoffs

The 'Magnificent 7' tech stocks add $150 billion of market cap in a day, with Microsoft leading the charge as investors zero in on the OpenAI psychodrama

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 05:14

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Getty Images/Stephen Brashear

Markets, mi-exclusive, Markets, Stocks, magnificent-seven, apple, Microsoft

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