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DeepMind Technologies Limited is a British artificial intelligence company founded in September 2010.  Acquired by Google in 2014, the company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans, as well as a Neural Turing machine, or a neural network that may be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain.

DeepMind

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

YouTube

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Android

Nest Labs is a home automation producer of programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras, and other security systems. It introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector was then introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, the rebranded Nest Cam was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, the Nest Cam Outdoor was released.

Nest Labs

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation. Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive 3D computer simulations featuring DI-Guy characters. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. Marc Raibert is the company's president and project manager. He spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Boston Dynamics

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet addresses revenue challenges, bets big on AI innovation

Alphabet navigated revenue challenges in Q4 2022, emphasizing AI opportunities and cost efficiency. The company is focused on innovation, cost reengineering, and sustainable growth across its divisions. Strategic investments in AI, hardware, and Other Bets are key priorities.

Alphabet excels in Q1 with strong Search and Cloud performance

Alphabet's Q1 performance reflects strength in Search, Cloud, and YouTube segments, with a focus on AI and innovation.
Challenges include economic headwinds, expense management, and profitability in Other Bets segment.
Opportunities for growth lie in AI development, Shorts monetization, and evolving partnerships for sustainable growth.
Alphabet emphasizes innovation, user value, and expense optimization to drive long-term profitability and growth.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports strong Q2 earnings driven by Search and Cloud innovation

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects revenue growth and operational efficiency improvements. The company's focus on innovation in AI and cloud services positions it well for future growth. Challenges in the Other Bets segment and infrastructure investments require strategic management.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports robust Q3 performance amidst AI-driven innovations

Alphabet's Q3 performance showcased strong revenue growth, driven by key segments like Search, YouTube, and Cloud, supported by AI advancements and hardware innovations.
While facing challenges related to geopolitical impacts on advertising and margin concerns, Alphabet's strategic strengths in AI integration, responsible deployment, and diversified revenue streams position it well for future growth.
Opportunities in leveraging AI for advertising efficiency, expanding AI-driven capabilities, and navigating privacy regulations present avenues for Alphabet to drive innovation, revenue growth, and market leadership.
With a focus on customer adoption, technological advancements, and strategic partnerships, Alphabet remains poised to capitalize on its strengths, address challenges, and seize opportunities for sustainable growth.

Alphabet posts strong Q4 earnings driven by AI and cloud growth

Alphabet's Q4 performance reflects robust revenue growth, profitability, and strategic focus on AI, subscriptions, and cloud services.
Strengths in Google Services and YouTube ads underscore revenue diversification and innovation, while challenges in Other Bets and rising costs warrant attention.
Opportunities abound in AI-driven growth, product expansion, and infrastructure investments, positioning Alphabet for continued success and market leadership.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports robust Q1 earnings, eyes $100B YouTube and Cloud run rate

Alphabet's Q1 2024 earnings call highlighted strong revenue growth, AI leadership, and innovation in Search, YouTube, and Cloud. Despite facing challenges in cost management and Cloud adoption, the company is leveraging its strengths in AI and efficiency to drive positive user engagement and monetization. With a focus on research and innovation, Alphabet is well-positioned for future growth and opportunities.

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At its I/O developers conference, Google today announced its new ML Hub, a one-stop destination for developers who want to get more guidance on how to train and deploy their ML models, no matter whether they are in the early stages of their AI career or seasoned professionals.

Google launches ML Hub to help AI developers train and deploy their models

Google is bringing its AI technology to the Play Store.

Google brings AI and more to the Play Store

Google has announced its first folding smartphone, with a market-leading starting price of £1,749.

Google unveils its first folding phone - with an eye-watering price tag

Firebase, Google's backend-as-a-service platform for application developers, is getting its fair share of new features at the company's I/O developer conference today, but the marquee update is the addition of AI extensions, powered by Google's PaLM API.

Google's Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace

Alphabet stock jumped on artificial intelligence announcements made at the company's Google I/O 2023 conference. The post Google Stock Pops On AI News At I/O 2023 As Advertising Here To Stay appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.

Google Stock Pops On AI News At I/O 2023 As Advertising Here To Stay

The search giant announced the “thinnest folding phone,” with live translation and smart camera tricks.

Google's Pixel Fold: Folding Phones Start Making Sense

Google's building an AI-powered notebook tool called Project Tailwind, the company revealed at its I/O developer conference. The goal, Google says, is to take a user's freeform notes and automatically organize and summarize them.

With Project Tailwind, Google aims to make note-taking smarter

For the last few years, Google has been launching its ‘a' series of Pixels mid-year, aimed at consumers who are looking for a good budget device.

Google prices Pixel 7a in India at ₹43,999 — same as the Pixel 6a launch price

For a few years now, the Pixel A line has been one of the best deals in smartphones. It's a budget take on an already low-priced product.

Google's $499 Pixel 7a is on sale now

"We are reimagining all of our core products, including search," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.

Google pushes more AI into products as ChatGPT battle with Microsoft heats up

Google is trying to balance AI progress with caution.

Google's Bard Chatbot Opens to the Public

The financial report you read, the apparel marketing you see and the chat assistant you engage may soon reflect a common origin: artificial intelligence from Google.

Google's AI is coming to more companies near you

To paraphrase Andreessen Horowitz, generative AI, particularly on the text-to-art side, is eating the world. At least, investors believe so — judging by the billions of dollars they've poured into startups developing AI that creates text and images from prompts.

Google brings new generative models to Vertex AI, including Imagen

As we've seen LLMs and generative AI come screaming into our consciousness in recent months, it's clear that these models take enormous amounts of compute power to train and run. Recognizing this, Google Cloud announced a new A3 supercomputer virtual machine today at Google I/O.

Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs

At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of a number of AI-centric coding tools, including its competitor to GitHub's Copilot, a chat tool for asking questions about coding and Google Cloud services, as well as AI-assisted coding in Google's no-code AppSheet product.

Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor

Google Search is experimenting with a new conversational mode that is powered by generative AI, the company announced at its annual I/O developer conference today. The company says the new experience helps you quickly find and make sense of information.

Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered conversational mode in Search

At the company's annual conference, Google demonstrated dozens of products and features that work with artificial intelligence, along with new phones.

Google Builds on Tech's Latest Craze With Its Own A.I. Products

Company says ‘next generation language model' will outperform other artificial intelligence systems on some tasks

Google launches new AI PaLM 2 in attempt to regain leadership of the pack

Google's going all-in on generative AI at its I/O developer conference today – so much so that it introduced a new tool called Sidekick that aims to help provide better prompts, potentially usurping the one thing people are supposed to be able to do best in the whole generative AI loop.

Google's ‘Sidekick' offers contextual prompts to get better results from AI

Google is taking its first steps toward combatting the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. At its I/O developer event this afternoon, the company announced two new features coming to Google Search that aim to help people better understand the content and the context of the image they're viewing in the search results.

Google introduces new features to help identify AI images in Search and elsewhere

Google today released MusicLM, a new experimental AI tool that can turn text descriptions into music. Available in the AI Test Kitchen app on the web, Android or iOS, MusicLM lets users type in a prompt like “soulful jazz for a dinner party” and have the tool create several versions of the song.

Google makes its text-to-music AI public

Generative AI seems to be the only thing Google wants to talk about at its I/O developer conference this year and unsurprisingly, one of the prime surfaces for highlighting its AI smarts is its Workspace productivity suite.

Google brings more AI tools to Workspace

“As you heard, AI is having a busy year,” Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said during a keynote speech near the Alphabet-owned company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Google I/O 2023 is all about AI

At Google I/O today, the company announced that it was removing most waitlist restrictions and making Bard, the company's generative AI chatbot more widely available, starting today in English.

Google ends Bard waitlist, making English version of chatbot widely available

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Bard, Google's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT, is getting new generative AI capabilities courtesy of Adobe. Adobe announced today that Firefly, its recently introduced collection of AI models for generating media content, is coming to Bard alongside Adobe's free graphic design tool, Adobe Express.

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