Is Google A Buy Ahead Of I/O, Marketing Live Events Amid AI Battle?
Here's what fundamental and technical analysis says about buying Google stock as generative artificial intelligence impacts its search advertising business.
Here's what fundamental and technical analysis says about buying Google stock as generative artificial intelligence impacts its search advertising business.
Developers season has officially commenced, and we’re mere days away from Google I/O 2024. More like Google A/I. There’s been an element of artificial intelligence/machine learning in almost every Google announcement for the past several years, but this time, you’re going to be sick of the subject by the time CEO Sundar Pichai leaves the stage. “Discover how we're furthering our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful,” Google says.
Google has debuted its $499 Pixel 8a smartphone with generative AI capabilities.
Amazon is launching a new tool, Bedrock Studio, designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI models, collaborate on those models, and ultimately build generative AI-powered apps. Available in public preview starting today, the web-based Bedrock Studio -- a part of Bedrock, Amazon's generative AI tooling and hosting platform -- provides what Amazon describes in a blog post as a "rapid prototyping environment" for generative AI. Bedrock Studio guides developers through the steps to evaluate, analyze, fine-tune and share generative AI models from Anthropic, Cohere, Mistral, Meta and other Bedrock partners, as well as test different model settings and guardrails and integrate outside data sources and APIs.
Google has a lot at stake as a federal judge weighs whether the tech giant’s search empire should be broken up. But so does the rest of Silicon Valley.
Google's trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services. To make it easier to keep up with the latest Gemini developments, we've put together this handy guide, which we'll keep updated as new Gemini models, features and news about Google’s plans for Gemini are released. Gemini is Google's long-promised, next-gen GenAI model family, developed by Google's AI research labs DeepMind and Google Research.
Google Cloud, Google's cloud computing division, had a blockbuster fiscal quarter, blowing past analysts' expectations and sending Google parent company Alphabet's stock soaring 13%+ in after-hours trading. Google Cloud revenue jumped 28% to $9.57 billion in Q1 2024, bolstered by the demand for generative AI tools that rely on cloud infrastructure, services and apps. Google Cloud's operating income grew nearly 5x to $900 million, up from $191 million.
Alphabet reported Q1 earnings on Thursday that beat estimates. The company also announced its first-ever dividend.
Apple has resumed talks with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to build an AI-powered chatbot into the iPhone, according to a new report.
Generative AI, which can create and analyze images, text, audio, videos and more, is increasingly making its way into healthcare, pushed by both Big Tech firms and startups alike. Google Cloud, Google's cloud services and products division, is collaborating with Highmark Health, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit healthcare company, on generative AI tools designed to personalize the patient intake experience. Amazon's AWS division says it's working with unnamed customers on a way to use generative AI to analyze medical databases for "social determinants of health."
The U.K. Safety Institute, the U.K.'s recently established AI safety body, has released a toolset designed to "strengthen AI safety" by making it easier for industry, research organizations and academia to develop AI evaluations. Called Inspect, the toolset -- which is available under an open source license, specifically an MIT License -- aims to assess certain capabilities of AI models, including models' core knowledge and ability to reason, and generate a score based on the results. In a press release announcing the news on Friday, the Safety Institute claimed that Inspect marks "the first time that an AI safety testing platform which has been spearheaded by a state-backed body has been released for wider use."
Toronto alleged on Saturday that NYCFC’s head coach cornered and punched one of their players at the last match between the two clubs.
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. In the spotlight today: Rachel Coldicutt is the founder of Careful Industries, which researches the social impact technology has on society. Clients have included Salesforce and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
It took Esteban Ribovics only 37 seconds to get the win Saturday night.
This week Apple unveiled new iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a new 13-inch display for the iPad Air, as well as Tandem OLED and a new M4 chip for the iPad Pro. For Apple completionists, we compiled all of the new announcements in case you missed it. In the world of EVs, the embattled Fisker Ocean is facing yet another federal safety probe.
Women are living longer than men, but they often spend the last decade or so in "a cascade of poor health,” author Maddy Dychtwald said.
AI startup Anthropic is changing its policies to allow minors to use its generative AI systems -- in certain circumstances, at least. Announced in a post on the company's official blog Friday, Anthropic will begin letting teens and preteens use third-party apps (but not its own apps, necessarily) powered by its AI models so long as the developers of those apps implement specific safety features and disclose to users which Anthropic technologies they're leveraging. In a support article, Anthropic lists several safety measures devs creating AI-powered apps for minors should include, like age verification systems, content moderation and filtering and educational resources on "safe and responsible" AI use for minors.
Apple will reportedly focus its first round of generative AI enhancements on beefing up Siri’s conversational chops. The company will reportedly roll out a new version of Siri powered by generative AI at its WWDC keynote on June 10.
We've got our eye on a viral Bissell carpet cleaner on rare sale for $99, plus an Apple iPad marked down by $80, to name a few.
Some major deals on board: A lovely vertical garden for just $40, a remarkable mini movie projector for a staggering $620 off and a handy Bissell upright vacuum for under $60.
Detroit Lions rookie cornerback Terrion Arnold gave a memorable quote about his mother and how important she has been in his development as a player.