Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM
US Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Friday sent letters to the CEOs of Amazon and Google ...
Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge
Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google's recent decision to drop its pledge not to build ...
Anthropic CEO says DeepSeek was ‘the worst’ on a critical bioweapons data safety test
In an interview on Jordan Schneider’s ChinaTalk podcast, Amodei said DeepSeek generated rare information about bioweapons in ...
Aidan Gomez helped spark the generative AI boom at Google. He doesn't think DeepSeek will fix your business's problems.
The Cohere CEO and former Google Brain member was impressed by DeepSeek's reasoning model, but doesn't think it'll be useful ...
Google scraps diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules
Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been ...
Tech giants are lining up over $300 billion in AI spend. Their CEOs are betting cheaper models will drive up AI demand.
Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are ramping up their AI capex spend, despite investor concerns that it's undermined by ...
Google Rolls Back AI Promises and DEI Measures as Staff Ask, ‘Are We the Bad Guys Now?’
Google’s unofficial motto used to be ‘Don’t be evil,’ but that sentiment sits in sharp contrast to recent leadership ...
Google Halts Its Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Goals
Google is reevaluating its DEI initiatives, ending hiring targets, and reviewing diversity programs amid policy shifts affecting federal contractors.
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30 Notable IT Executive Moves: January 2025
Nice, Abnormal Security, Google Cloud, Oracle, Microsoft and Peraton were among the tech companies making key executive hires ...
Amazon commits ‘huge investment’ to outspend Google, Microsoft in AI arms race
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces plans to spend $100 billion on capital expenditure in 2025, with the majority allocated to AI ...
Amazon’s profit is suddenly going through the roof, fueling CEO Andy Jassy’s $100 billion AI spending spree to fight Google and Microsoft
The massive capex comes as Amazon's cloud and AI rivals up their spending. Google-parent company Alphabet, said on its most recent earnings call that it expects to spend $75 billion on capital ...
How big tech's ad systems helped fund child abuse online
Some of the biggest tech companies in the world served ads on a website featuring images of child abuse, helping to fund its ...