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SAN FRANCISCO — Google fired one of its engineers, Blake Lemoine, on Friday, more than a month after he raised ethical concerns about how the company was testing an artificial intelligence chatbot that he believes has achieved consciousness. A Google spokesman, Chris Pappas, said Mr. Lemoine, a senior software engineer in its Responsible A.I. organization, “chose to persistently violate clear employment and data security policies that include the need to safeguard product information.”

Google has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. Google, which placed software engineer Blake Lemoine on leave last month, said he had violated company policies and that it found his claims on LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications) to be “wholly unfounded”. “It’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear employment and data… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 22 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. Google, which placed software engineer Blake Lemoine on leave last month, said he had violated… Source link

Urian B., Tech Times 29 March 2022, 09:03 am A Russian multi-billion dollar company, Yandex, laid off about two dozen US-based workers. The company reportedly had a small autonomous vehicle fleet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It said that the state suspended their vehicle licenses, but Michigan denied… Source link

Will Wade is officially out as LSU head coach, almost three years to the day after it emerged that he had been caught on an FBI wiretap discussing illegal payments to a recruit. LSU announced in a statement Saturday that Wade had been terminated for cause, the cause being the NCAA’s recent notice of allegations regarding an infractions case dating back to 2017, the year Wade was hired as LSU head coach. LSU associate head coach Bill Armstrong has also been fired. Assistant coach Kevin… Source link

Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. gas prices were rising rapidly — and are now marching toward a national average of $4 per gallon or higher in the coming months with the crisis showing no signs of abating. As sanctions isolate Moscow and crimp Russian energy supplies, skyrocketing crude oil and gas prices will impact consumers and businesses already facing the highest inflation levels since 1982. On Thursday, Brent (CL=F) briefly flirted with $120 per barrel, with U.S. oil ( Source link

An actor in an infamous Peloton advertisement.Peloton Peloton is firing over 2,800 employees — about 20% of its corporate staff. The severance package for those fired employees includes a one-year Peloton membership. CEO John Foley is also stepping down after a challenging quarter and slowing demand for the product. Peloton is firing over 2,800 employees — 20% of its corporate workforce — because of an ongoing downturn in the company’s business. As part of the severance plan for the over… Source link

Miami has moved on from Manny Diaz, opening the door for Mario Cristobal to come back from Oregon. Diaz was informed of his dismissal during a Monday morning meeting with Miami’s president, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel. Diaz, the son of a former Miami mayor, was given three seasons with the Hurricanes before the school — which currently does not have an athletic director but is close to landing Dan Radakovich from Clemson — opted to go in another direction. That next direction… Source link

The war of words between Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is heating up. Musk tweeted at Zhao on Tuesday after the cryptocurrency exchange limited withdrawals of dogecoin. “Well, I don’t intend to be sassy on Twitter… In his tweet he said I am shady,” said Zhao, known as CZ in crypto circles, on Yahoo Finance Live, when asked about the recent Twitter exchange.  “I am not aggressive by nature, but not submissive or cowardly when it comes to defending our… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has fired a manager accused of rape, moving to contain the fallout after an employee’s account of her ordeal went viral on social media and ignited fierce debate about rampant sexism across China’s tech industry. The Chinese internet giant didn’t identify the manager. Li Yonghe, appointed just last month to lead a newly created division overseeing much of Alibaba’s non-retail businesses from food delivery to travel, has resigned alongside his… Source link