Tag Archives: working

Amazon, Microsoft are boosting Saudi offices amid state pressure SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images Global technology giants including Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Microsoft Corp. are among firms working to ramp up their presence in Saudi Arabia amid pressure from the government, which has said it will stop giving contracts to companies without regional headquarters in the country. The three US firms… Source link

Google is seemingly working on developing a more advanced version of its Bard chatbot. Launched in May 2023, Google’s conversational AI bot was designed to be a competitor to ChatGPT but fell flat with many users compared to OpenAI’s model. The company shared in December that it had a new Large language… Source link

Google has lost another key person working on its augmented reality devices, Business Insider has learned. Paul Greco, a vice president of engineering at Google, departed the company this week for a new opportunity, according to a person familiar with the matter. A Google spokesperson confirmed Greco’s departure but declined to comment on other details in this story. Greco was formerly the chief technology officer of once-highflying startup Magic Leap. He joined Google in 2021 and initially… Source link

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

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Microsoft is working to add GPT-4 Turbo to Bing/Copilot; will try to boost character limits  Neowin Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Lays Off Employees Working on Its Voice Assistant  Business Insider Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]$5,000 Google Jamboard dies in 2024—cloud-based apps will stop working, too  Ars Technica Source link