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Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder
artificial intelligence // September 25, 2024

Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the company refused to release a chatbot he had developed. He started his own company, Character.AI, which...

Google Makes Gemini Live AI Chatbot Available to All Android Users
artificial intelligence // September 15, 2024

Google has made Gemini Live, its voice artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, available for free to all Android users.  The offering is notable, Ars Technica said in a report Friday (Sept. 13), because rival OpenAI’s similar voice feature has yet to fully ship. Google debuted Gemini...

Wix Becomes First Google Partner Offering Gemini for Workspace
Google // August 05, 2024

Software-as-a-Service platform Wix has begun offering its customers access to Google’s Gemini for Workspace artificial intelligence (AI) tool. “Over the last decade, Wix augmented their website building solution with the best online tools from Google — search, advertising, maps and productivity,”  Yuval Dvir, senior director...

GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities
artificial intelligence // July 29, 2024

In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release of Meta’s Llama 3 family of models, mostly available for free, marks a significant escalation...

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GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities

July 29, 2024
In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release of Meta’s Llama 3 family of models, mostly available for free, marks a significant escalation in the AI arms race and could redefine how businesses […]

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Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder

September 25, 2024
Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the company refused to release a chatbot he had developed. He started his own company, Character.AI, which became known for its AI chatbots that could replicate a range of […]

Google Makes Gemini Live AI Chatbot Available to All Android Users

September 15, 2024
Google has made Gemini Live, its voice artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, available for free to all Android users.  The offering is notable, Ars Technica said in a report Friday (Sept....

Wix Becomes First Google Partner Offering Gemini for Workspace

August 05, 2024
Software-as-a-Service platform Wix has begun offering its customers access to Google’s Gemini for Workspace artificial intelligence (AI) tool. “Over the last decade, Wix augmented their website building solution with the...

Anthropic Named ‘Best Performing’ LLM as AI Arms Race Intensifies

July 29, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) firm Galileo has released a new ranking of top large language models (LLMs). The company on Monday (July 29) announced its latest “Hallucination Index,” which ranks...