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Gen Z prefers TikTok and Instagram to Google Search

07/20/202207/19/2022 Sam Lambert

The tech giant is starting to feel the pinch of the generation’s trend toward social media searching. Google Search internal data has found that about 40 percent of Gen Z is using social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram for searching. Gen Z is more likely to head to a social media platform than a search engine to answer a question. A recent report published by Insider stated that Google is now feeling the pain from this growing Gen Z trend of using TikTok and Instagram for searching instead…

More tech giants to run data centers using artificial intelligence

06/22/202206/21/2022 John Montgallo

Microsoft and Meta are both heading in that direction, while Google has already been doing so. Microsoft has announced that it is developing a new artificial intelligence system that will conduct an analysis of its data centers to enhance safety. The tech giants have been exploring AI to help keep the risk of safety issues low. Data centers drive websites, applications and services used by billions of people every day. That said, they can become hazardous for the individuals who both construct and maintain them. Among several risks is the…

Google engineer suspended after claiming artificial intelligence system is sentient

06/21/202206/20/2022 Sam Lambert

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A senior software engineer has claimed that an advanced AI Program has gained its own feelings and desires. A senior Google software engineer has been placed on suspension after having claimed that one of the most artificial intelligence system programs has become sentient. The engineer claimed that the program has all its own feelings and wants to experience mutual respect. The technology giant has placed Blake Lemoine on paid leave as of the start of last week. According to the human resources department at Google, the reason Blake Lemoine was…

YouTube Go to shut down in August, bringing offline videos to an end

05/11/202205/10/2022 John Montgallo

Google announced that the app will be brought to an end, recommending that users install the main app. Google recently announced that YouTube Go will be shutting down starting in August 2022, after which point videos will not be available for viewing offline. The company recommended that users download the standard app to stream the videos instead. The YouTube Go lightweight application first launched in 2016. Among its most popular features is the offline viewing as well as nearby sharing. The application was developed with emerging markets in mind. Like…

Artificial intelligence researcher fired from Google in a growing trend

05/04/202205/03/2022 John Montgallo

The scientist was let go after reportedly having challenged the company’s findings. According to a recent news report, another AI researcher has been fired from Google following criticism of the company’s work. The media reports indicated that machine learning scientist Satrajit Chatterjee was let go. According to the report, Satrajit Chatterjee, an artificial intelligence researcher, was fired shortly after Google declined to publish a paper that the scientist and others had written in a challenge to the company’s earlier findings. The paper challenged the claim that computers would be able…