Google earnings show profit up as Alphabet cuts costs, invests in AI

Google earnings show profit up as Alphabet cuts costs, invests in AI

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai touts company’s AI ambitions on a Tuesday call with investors.Image: Denis Balibouse (Reuters) Despite Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reporting strong quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday, the search engine and online ad giant remains focused on cutting costs. How to find a new job and make more …

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Google, YouTube Trained AI on Copyrighted Music Before Making Deals – Billboard

Google, YouTube Trained AI on Copyrighted Music Before Making Deals – Billboard

Lyor Cohen’s first encounter with Google’s generative artificial intelligence left him gobsmacked. “Demis [Hassabis, CEO of Google Deepmind] and his team presented a research project around genAI and music and my head came off of my shoulders,” Cohen, global head of music for Google and YouTube, told Billboard in November. “I walked around London for …

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How An AI-Driven Influence Operation Is Spreading Pro-China Propaganda Across YouTube

How An AI-Driven Influence Operation Is Spreading Pro-China Propaganda Across YouTube

The advancement of AI could exponentially amplify reach and precision of coordinated influence ops Sydney, Australia: A recent investigation from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has revealed an extensive network of YouTube channels promoting pro-Chinese and anti-US public opinion in the English-speaking world. The operation is well-coordinated, using generative AI to rapidly produce and …

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Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

Lately on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, my timeline is filled with vapid posts orbiting the same few topics like water whirlpooling down a drain. Last week, for instance, the chatter was dominated by talk of Taylor Swift’s romance with the football player Travis Kelce. If you tried to talk about anything else, …

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Here’s which apps teens spend the most time using

Here’s which apps teens spend the most time using

YouTube remains the most widely used online platform by U.S. teenagers, followed by TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center.  Some 93 percent of teens between 13 and 17 years old said they use YouTube, while 63 percent said they use TikTok, 60 percent said they use Snapchat and …

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The Supreme Court reconsiders the internet. Uh-oh.

The Supreme Court reconsiders the internet. Uh-oh.

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. We’re working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court. Support our work when you join Slate Plus. The Supreme Court has been reluctant to resolve disputes concerning the scope of online free speech rights. Five years ago, in a decision …

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Drew and Enya are the Internet’s Favorite Dose of Nonsense (okay well maybe not the entire internet, but they’re mine)

Drew and Enya are the Internet’s Favorite Dose of Nonsense (okay well maybe not the entire internet, but they’re mine)

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bowling Green chapter. Meet Drew Phillips and Enya Umanzor, the world’s cutest (not) couple. Drew and Bella (yes that’s Bella Hadid) Drew Phillips (25) and Enya Umanzor (24) are omnipresent internet personalities who host the podcast, Emergency Intercom. In short, these two …

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