Technology
Microsoft and Google in AI battle
The two tech giants, Microsoft and Google, having a long history of tussling, are facing up once again - shaping the future of the search.
Despite Google's hasty effort to announce its own Artificial Intelligence system, "Bard," Microsoft has stepped...
Business
Google Parent Alphabet to Lay Off 12,000 Workers
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, will axe twelve thousand jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs affecting the tech industry in recent months. Google is set to lose six percent of its workforce as a result.
The job...
Business
Amazon to Fire 18,000 Staff to Cut Costs
Amazon is planning to lay off more than 18,000 employees to cut back on costs. It will be the largest dismissal of workers in the firm's 28-year history.
It has not yet been announced where the job losses will occur,...
Economy
Google to Create 20,000 New Jobs in Greece
Google's investment in cloud services in Greece could contribute over two billion euros to the Greek GDP by 2030 and create twenty thousand well-paid new jobs, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday speaking at the event for the presentation...
Economy
Google to Open Cloud Service Hub in Greece
Following Microsoft’s and Amazon's investments in Greece, Google is also proceeding with the development of state-of-the-art infrastructure and a regional cloud service hub.
An official announcement on Google’s investment plan is scheduled to be made on Thursday by Google Cloud...
Science
Artificial Intelligence Will ‘Likely’ Destroy Humans, Researchers Say
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can eliminate humanity according to a recent research paper by scientists at Google and the University of Oxford.
In the paper which was published in the journal AI Magazine, the team — comprised of DeepMind senior scientist...
Media
Google Rejects Trump’s Social Media Platform
According to a Google representative on Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet Inc.'s Google Play Store because of insufficient content filtering.
In a statement, Google said,...
Technology
Google Fires Engineer Who Claimed AI Tech Has Feelings
Google’s Blake Lemoine, the engineer who said the company’s AI Tech system has feelings, was fired on Friday, the company confirmed.
Last month in June, Blake went public with his theory that Google’s language technology has feelings and should therefore...
Science
Google Suspends Engineer who Claimed its AI is Sentient
Google has placed one of its engineers on paid administrative leave for allegedly breaking its confidentiality policies after he grew concerned that an AI chatbot system had achieved sentience, the Washington Post reports.
The engineer, Blake Lemoine, works for Google’s...
Greek News
Greece and Google Launch Partnership for the Tourism Industry
On Friday, Greece and Google announced a new partnership for accelerating the green and sustainable transformation of the Greek tourism industry.
The news was announced by Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Google EMEA Business and Operations President Matt Brittin...