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Layoffs at Google parent company include robots that cleaned its cafeteria

No one, human or otherwise, is safe from cost-cutting.

Fortune

Google contractors on strike in Austin hope to rally support among tech workers

The several dozen contractors for YouTube Music are fighting a push to return to in-person work. Their strike has gained the support of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin.

The Texas Tribune

Google excludes thousands of workers from benefits, report says

Google’s minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges.

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Google set to cut 240 jobs in Ireland in another blow for tech sector

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is cutting 12,000 jobs globally - with around 240 expected at Google's HQ in Dublin

Irish Mirror

Google to lay off 240 Irish staff as part of global job cuts

The announcement comes amid uncertainty in the tech industry with many firms announcing job cuts in recent months

Dublin Live

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's exit costs Silicon Valley one of its most influential female executives

She famously rented her garage to Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.

Fortune

ChatGPT Could Make Tech Feel More Human — But Don’t Treat It Like One, AI Experts Say

Chatbots could make tech more convenient, but they could also pose new risks.

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Google, Twitter, Meta, Apple Face Tougher EU Online Content Rules

Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter and Apple face stricter EU online content rules, based on monthly user numbers published by the companies, which exceeded an EU threshold for big online platforms. The new rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) label companies with more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat

YouTube CEO steps down, severing longtime ties to Google

Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation, is stepped down as YouTube’s CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment, culture and politics

The Independent UK

Can you make money following activist investors into a stock? It depends

Following an activist investor into a stock might not offer as big a financial win as expected. Here’s what to consider.

Fortune

Microsoft's demo of Bing AI also made factual errors

Tech leaders are increasingly warning that A.I. programs like ChatGPT and Google's Bard can give convincing, yet entirely incorrect, answers.

Fortune

Tech's two obsessions: Layoffs and ChatGPT

A.I. is no longer deemed experimental at Big Tech companies.

Fortune

Microsoft wants to use ChatGPT to cut Google out of more than just the search engine market

The loss of profits in Google’s search engine business may force it to cut investments in cloud computing, a high-growth market in which it competes with Microsoft’s Azure.

Fortune

Google's search business doesn't have to be killed by AI chatbots – here's the ugly workaround

Google’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its market value after its new AI chatbot, Bard, botched an answer to a query on an ad promoting its launch. It claimed that the James Webb space telescope took the first pictures…

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Google Cautions Against 'Hallucinating' Chatbots

The boss of Google's search engine warned against the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in chatbots in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, as Google parent company Alphabet battles to compete with blockbuster app ChatGPT. "This kind of artificial intelligence we're talking about right now can sometimes lead to something we…

The Guardian - UK

Google v Microsoft: who will win the AI chatbot race?

Bard’s misfire on launch cost owner $160bn but experts believe ChatGPT is also prone to errors

The Guardian - UK

AI blunders like Google chatbot’s will cause trouble for more firms, say experts

Warning comes as Alphabet’s shares continue to plummet after error made by Bard AI system during demo

Fortune

ChatGPT’s founder aims jab at 'lethargic' Google

Sam Altman was bullish about the “fabulous” opportunities the joint venture with Microsoft presented.

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Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week.

Fortune

How much employers spend on layoffs

Severance pay, health benefits, and vacation days add to employers' costly layoff bills.

The Guardian - UK

Why did Google’s ChatGPT rival go wrong and are AI chatbots overhyped?

Alphabet’s shares plummeted after Bard gave incorrect answer in a demo

France 24

Japan greenlights use of delivery robots in bid to solve labour shortages

Starting in April, wide-eyed delivery robots will be allowed to use Japan's roads to deliver food and parcels. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin explains how this could help the country's ageing workforce. But first, Disney cuts 7,000 jobs in a bid to make its streaming business profitable. Plus, Alphabet's stock tumbles…

Fortune

Alphabet spent $2 billion on layoffs. Here’s how much job cuts cost Meta, Amazon, and 7 other companies

Companies conduct layoffs to cut costs, but they end up being a pricey approach.

Evening Standard

Google owner Alphabet loses $100bn in value after Bard chatbot makes factual error

Is there more of the liar than the lyre to Google’s chatbot Bard?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Sydney man found dead in earthquake rubble; Alan Tudge resigns; and World Pride’s rainbow capitalism

The first Australian death in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes confirmed and a byelection looms for Tudge’s Victoria seat

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