OpenAI has lost ground to rivals
Still the leader for now
OpenAI's lead over other AI labs has largely eroded as Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google's Gemini 1.5, X's Grok 2, and even Meta's open-source Llama 3.1 405 B model have equalled, or narrowly surpassed on some benchmarks,
Apple insiders admit that it is two years behind on AI
Not so cutting edge, after all
While Tame Apple Press claims that the fruity cargo cult is at the cutting edge of AI development, its staff knows it is two years behind everyone else.
Google going nuclear
Will buy small modular reactors
In a shocking move, Google has decided to go nuclear and will purchase power from Kairos Power's small modular reactors (SMRs) as part of its ongoing commitment to clean energy and to meet its data centre demands.
Google forcing better Gemini integration in WhatsApp
Part of its cunning plan to replace Google Assistant
Search engine outfit Google is working on making its Gemini AI project more tightly integrated with WhatsApp.
DoJ considers breaking up Google
Its adorable that it thinks it can do that
The US Department of Justice claims it is considering breaking up Google, forgetting that it is in the land of the fee, where big corporations can do what they like.
Google anti-trust case opens
DoJ claims Google uses ad tech like a sledgehammer
The anti-trust case against Google has started in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia with the DoJ claiming that the search engine outfit has been wielding its ad tech like a sledgehammer, violating antitrust laws in the process.
Google will hang onto your phone
If you repair it with third-party parts
Once you start repairing your Google phone with third-party parts, you will have to keep doing it, or the search engine company will take it back, and you will never see it again.
Google Cloud’s biggest blunder
Deleted a major customer’s account
Google Cloud accidentally deleted a giant customer account, along with its back-ups for no reason.
Google infuses AI into search engine
Will finally stop the presses
Search engine outfit Google announced that it will infuse its ubiquitous search engine with its powerful artificial intelligence model, Gemini. Drawing on the rapidly advancing technology, Gemini will directly answer user queries at the top of the results pages.
Google chooses profit over staff
It is the American way
The company, which used to brag that it did no evil, is facing complaints from its staff that it is making killer profits without giving them any extra cash.