Google employees respond after company drops its promise on AI weapons: ‘Are we the baddies?’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai After Google retracted its promise not to use artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance, some employees posted their reactions on the company’s internal message board. The company said on Tuesday that it had updated its ethical AI guidelines, which lay out how Google will and won’t deploy its technology. The new…
Nutrition startup Fay just landed $50 million in Series B funding at a $500 million valuation led by Goldman Growth Equity
Nutrition startup Fay just grabbed a Series B fundraise led by Goldman Growth Equity. Fay, which connects patients with registered dietitians covered by their insurance, raised a $50 million round which values the startup at $500 million, a fivefold increase on Fay’s Series A valuation, according to the company. Existing investors General Catalyst and Forerunner…
Google’s latest change to its AI policies signals how Silicon Valley is warming up to the defense industry
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google updated its ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence in a blog post on Tuesday, removing the company’s previous vows to not use its technology to build weapons or surveillance tools. In 2018, the company outlined AI “applications we will not pursue.” These included weapons and “technologies that gather or…
Alphabet is planning to spend big on AI again this year, sending shares down
Sundar Pichai speaks during a Google I/O conference. Slowing growth in Alphabet’s cloud business and a bigger-than-expected capex forecast for 2025 dragged shares down more than 8% in postmarket trading. The Google parent company, which reported fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, said consolidated revenue rose 12% in the period to $96.5 billion. Its key Google Cloud…
AI search unicorn Glean just became a $100 million business, and it has plenty of room to grow
Glean founder and CEO Arvind Jain. Glean, a company that makes search chatbots and agents for businesses, said it had achieved an annual recurring revenue of $100 million in its last fiscal year. That’s up from hitting $50 million ARR, or the yearly value of last month’s revenue, in 2024. A company that began as…
Uber stock falls as operating-income miss overshadows revenue surge
Uber shares fell on Wednesday. Uber shares fell 7% on Wednesday following a miss on profits in an otherwise strong set of annual results. The ridehailing company said operating profit in the fourth quarter was $770 million, up 18% but well below forecasts of $1.2 billion. The result was hit by an undisclosed $462 million…
3 signs you’re being gaslit by a partner — and 3 signs you aren’t
Therapy-speak terms like “gaslighting” and “narcissist” have risen in popularity as mental health awareness has grown, but it can be risky to throw these words around in personal relationships. “If you turn to a clinical term and blame the other person for everything going wrong, you rob yourself of the chance to self-reflect and to…
The CEO of Life Time says he takes 45 to 50 supplements a day for healthy aging. Here’s how he decides what to include.
Bahram Akradi says that he’s so fit, he can challenge people half his age at the gym. “At 63, I’m competing with 33-year-olds,” the CEO of Life Time Fitness told B-17. People who observe his daily routines and rituals often want to know his secrets for staying strong and healthy. “They say, ‘Tell me what…
I catch myself playing favorites with my kids, but I don’t feel guilty about it
The author (not pictured) admits that she sometimes favors one child over another. When my youngest son was born, I craved spending time with his older brother, then 4, as the newborn stage is probably my least favorite part of having young kids. That phase of 24/7 breastfeeding and never ending night duty seems to…
