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Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed

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AI experts say we’re living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of workSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHundreds of thousands of tech workers are facing a harsh reality. Their well-paying jobs are no longer safe. Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is here, their […]

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Perplexity’s “Incognito Mode” is a “sham,” lawsuit says

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Perplexity’s AI search engine encourages users to go deeper with their prompts by engaging in chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with Google and Meta without users’ knowledge or consent. “This happened to every user regardless of whether or not they signed up for a Perplexity account,” the

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Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

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OpenAI might be pulling back on video generation, but Google is forging ahead with a major AI update to its Vids editing product. The company’s latest video and audio models are now integrated with the tool, and you can choose from various controllable avatars to appear in generated videos. Your creations are also easier to

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Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

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OpenAI might be pulling back on video generation, but Google is forging ahead with a major AI update to its Vids editing product. The company’s latest video and audio models are now integrated with the tool, and you can choose from various controllable avatars to appear in generated videos. Your creations are also easier to

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Google teams up with gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

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Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San FranciscoGoogle has struck a partnership for a natural gas power plant that could provide energy for one of its datacenters in Texas, unearthed by new research and confirmed by the company. The move is

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Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

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Google’s Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google’s terms. The company’s Gemma open-weight models have provided more freedom, but Gemma 3, which launched over a year ago, is getting a bit long in the tooth. Starting today, developers can start working

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Goodbye mrbrightside416: Google allows users to alter quirky Gmail addresses

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Those in US given chance to have more professional usernames without losing access to accountDid your McLovin!1976!@gmail.com email address seem funny at the time but less so now you are applying for dozens of jobs?Google has said it is giving US users a chance to appear more professional by letting them change their Google account

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The Guardian view on the BBC’s future: who decides what news means? | Editorial

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AI is interpreting journalism without regard for truth. The BBC must build the capacity to ensure its reporting is understood on its own termsAppointing Matt Brittin, a former Google executive, as BBC director general is smarter than critics admit. Although he was on the board of the Guardian’s publisher, Mr Brittin was no journalist. He

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‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

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Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for social mediaThe young woman at the heart of what has been called the tech industry’s “big tobacco” moment was on YouTube at six and Instagram by nine. More than a decade later, she says, she still can’t live without the social

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Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

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Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permissionAI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.AI chatbots and agents disregarded direct instructions, evaded safeguards and deceived humans and

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