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Google unfurls whiz-bang projects and vision for future of AI

Google unfurls whiz-bang projects and vision for future of AI

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Google’s research arm on Wednesday showed off a whiz-bang assortment of artificial intelligence (AI) projects it’s incubating, aimed at everything from mitigating climate change to helping novelists craft prose. Why it matters: AI has breathtaking potential to improve and enrich our lives — and comes with hugely worrisome risks of misuse, intrusion and malfeasance, if not developed and deployed responsibly. Driving the news: The dozen-or-so AI projects that… Source link

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Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120 • TechCrunch

Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120 • TechCrunch

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that prediction may be coming true. TechCrunch has learned and Google confirmed the company is slashing projects at its in-house R&D division known as Area 120. The company on Tuesday informed staff of a “reduction in force” which will see the… Source link

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Former Google CEO Describes ‘Brutal’ Review Process For New Projects

Former Google CEO Describes ‘Brutal’ Review Process For New Projects

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares details about the “brutal” review process employees had to go through when pitching ideas for new products. During a Q&A session at the Collision conference in Toronto, Schmidt was asked about his approach to forecasting futures and whether he uses a bottom-up or top-down approach. Collision is a conference geared toward startups and investors, so the questions asked were all within that realm. One question prompted Schmidt to drop some interesting… Source link

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The OpenInfra Foundation launches ‘directed funding’ as a new way to support open-source projects

The OpenInfra Foundation launches ‘directed funding’ as a new way to support open-source projects

The OpenInfra Foundation, the open-source foundation that used to be the OpenStack Foundation until it expanded its scope beyond its flagship project a few years ago, today announced an interesting new way for companies to fund open-source projects inside the foundation. Traditionally, corporate members of open-source foundations support the organization by paying a membership fee, which, for the most part, the foundations then distribute as they see fit. Now, with its new ‘Directed Funding’… Source link

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Google focuses on idle Cloud projects to reduce carbon emissions

Google will help its Cloud users save energy and reduce emissions by providing new tools to let them manage energy use from their idle projects. Driving the news: Google on Wednesday introduced the Carbon Sense suite. It’s a collection of features that aims to help companies quantify and report their emissions, as well as reduce them. Zoom in: The company says its “Active Assist” feature will allow customers to spot their energy-intensive idle projects and help manage them better to reduce… Source link

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Nigeria looks to Europe for funding as Chinese lenders move away from costly projects in Africa

Nigeria is looking to Europe for funding to complete infrastructure projects such as railways, with a senior official in the West African nation saying Chinese loans are drying up. Analysts say Nigeria’s situation reflects a broader Chinese move away from funding these expensive projects in Africa, where China has provided hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to develop infrastructure as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. Last weekend, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi told Nigerian… Source link

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Google calls for new government action to protect open-source software projects

Following a summit on open-source security hosted at the White House Thursday, Google has called for increasing government involvement in identifying and securing critical open-source software projects. In a blog post published shortly after the summit, Kent Walker, president for global affairs and chief legal officer at Google and Alphabet, said that collaboration between government and the private sector was needed for open-source funding and management. “We need a public-private… Source link

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