Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

January 5, 2024 Google News 0

Google broke the law when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers, says NLRB.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Google’s refusal to bargain with a group of unionized YouTube Music contractors is illegal. The three-member panel decided that despite denials by Google, which owns YouTube Music, and its subcontractor Cognizant, the two are, in fact, joint employers of the Austin-based workers who perform data-related tasks, like finding errors in its charts algorithm.  “At all material times, Respondents Cognizant and Google have codetermined the essential… Source link

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Dan Schulman passes the torch to a new PayPal CEO

January 4, 2024 Yahoo News 0

Dan Schulman passes the torch to a new PayPal CEO

Dan Schulman took global payments powerhouse PayPal (PYPL) to new heights during his nine-year tenure. When he announced his retirement from the position, the PayPal board needed to find a replacement who could live up to Schulman’s legacy. After a months-long search, Alex Chriss was chosen as CEO and President, effective September 27, 2023. Schulman reflects on the choice of Chriss and the transition to his successor at PayPal. While still on the board of PayPal, he expressed the need for… Source link

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UPDATE 1-Google must bargain with YouTube worker union, US labor board rules

January 4, 2024 Google News 0

UPDATE 1-Google must bargain with YouTube worker union, US labor board rules

(Adds comments from Katie-Marie Marschner in paragraphs 9 and 10) By Daniel Wiessner Jan 4 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music, a federal agency has ruled. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a decision on Wednesday rejected claims by Google, which owns YouTube, that it should not be considered the employer of workers provided by staffing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions. The… Source link

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Google’s DeepMind ‘Robot Constitution’ will make sure its AI droids won’t kill you

January 4, 2024 Google News 0

Google’s DeepMind ‘Robot Constitution’ will make sure its AI droids won’t kill you

The DeepMind robotics team has revealed three new advances that it says will help robots make faster, better, and safer decisions in the wild. One includes a system for gathering training data with a “Robot Constitution” to make sure your robot office assistant can fetch you more printer paper — but without mowing down a human co-worker who happens to be in the way. Google’s data gathering system, AutoRT, can use a visual language model (VLM) and large language model (LLM) working… Source link

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Parents selling videos of their kids for $50 in Google-backed study

January 4, 2024 Google News 0

Parents selling videos of their kids for $50 in Google-backed study

A Google sign in front of an office at Google headquarters on Dec. 19, 2023, in Mountain View, Calif. The company poured resources into artificial intelligence research in 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google is paying to collect video footage of 13- to 17-year-old children and studying their skin tones and eyelid shapes, according to a Thursday report from 404 Media. The outlet cited a “Facial Video Data Collection Project” web page run by Canadian tech corporation Telus… Source link

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Dow edges up, Nasdaq slumps as stocks try to shake off dismal 2024 start

January 4, 2024 Yahoo News 0

Dow edges up, Nasdaq slumps as stocks try to shake off dismal 2024 start

US stocks were mixed on Thursday, struggling to shake off a dismal start to the year after Federal Reserve policymakers left hopes for an early interest-rate cut hanging. In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) popped about 0.3%, while the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) was roughly flat. After a Wednesday selloff, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) pushed for gains at points in the session, but held 0.3% below the flatline. Investors looking for confirmation of bets on a March rate… Source link

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Google appears to be working on an ‘advanced’ version of Bard that you have to pay for

January 4, 2024 Google News 0

Google appears to be working on an ‘advanced’ version of Bard that you have to pay for

Google appears to be working on an upgraded version of Bard called “Bard Advanced” that will be available through a paid subscription to Google One, as shared by developer Dylan Roussel on X (formerly Twitter). Bard Advanced seems to be powered by Gemini Ultra, the top tier of Google’s newly announced large language model (LLM), according to Roussel. That’s an upgrade over the current version of Bard, which runs the midtier Gemini Pro. One of the screenshots Roussel shared describes… Source link

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