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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…

Google Play launches app data safety section

04/29/202204/28/2022 Stephanie Beck

The concept is comparable to the Apple “nutrition labels” it shares about mobile apps. Google Play has announced the official launch of its own privacy data safety labels for apps, comparable to the “nutrition labels” through the Apple App Store. The company stated that it would be rolling out the section on a gradual basis across all users. This privacy data safety feature will roll out ahead of the July 20th deadline developers have been given by which to adequately disclose the information collected by their applications, how it is…

Google announces mobile marketing tracking overhaul for Android

02/21/202202/21/2022 Jorge Gonzalez

The tech giant intends to completely change its ad targeting, though not for a couple of years. Google has announced that it will be altering its mobile marketing tracking on the Android operating system which runs on billions of devices worldwide. The move is a response to a privacy issue that its top rival Apple has already addressed in iOS. The mobile marketing move has already been made be Apple, which made a similar shift for its iPhones. This strategy to alter ad tracking is the result of rising pressure…