“We always said it was like a start-up,” Mr. Anderson wrote, “with zero risk if you failed.”The layoffs, which totaled about 18,000 across Amazon, came with a hiring freeze, limiting […]
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Back to news homeCombating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants
YouTube said it was always working to strike a balance between allowing free expression and protecting online and real-world communities from harm. Nicole Bell, a spokeswoman for the company, said […]
Why Are You Seeing So Many Bad Digital Ads Now?
Digital ad spending, while still growing overall, “has decelerated precipitously,” according to an analysis last month by the research firm Insider Intelligence.Twitter seems to be faring the worst. The company […]
Google Calls In Larry Page and Sergey Brin to Tackle ChatGPT and A.I. Chatbots
But they have long been keen on bringing A.I. into Google’s products. Vic Gundotra, a former senior vice president at Google, recounted that he gave Mr. Page a demonstration of […]
Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, said on Friday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, becoming the latest technology company to reduce its work force after a hiring spree […]
Google Employees Brace for a Cost-Cutting Drive as Anxiety Mounts
Google workers in Switzerland sent a letter this month to the company’s vice president of human resources, outlining their worries that a new employee evaluation system could be used to […]
ChatGPT and Other Chat Bots Are a ‘Code Red’ for Google Search
As the technology advances, industry experts believe, Google must decide whether it will overhaul its search engine and make a full-fledged chat bot the face of its flagship service.Google has […]
Computer Science Students Face a Shrinking Big Tech Job Market
In the past, tech companies used their internship programs to recruit promising job candidates, extending offers to many students to return as full-time employees after graduation. But this year, those […]
Another Firing Among Google’s A.I. Brain Trust, and More Discord
Less than two years after Google dismissed two researchers who criticized the biases built into artificial intelligence systems, the company has fired a researcher who questioned a paper it published […]
E.U. Takes Aim at Big Tech’s Power With Landmark Digital Act
GÖTTINGEN, Germany — The European Union agreed on Thursday to one of the world’s most far-reaching laws to address the power of the biggest tech companies, potentially reshaping app stores, […]