Minutes after four top researchers said they were leaving, Google said that Demis Hassabis, the Nobel-winning scientist who led the companyβs A.I. lab, was stepping into a new job.
Jeff Dean, who for years was one of Googleβs most important executives, is leading the new artificial intelligence company with the backing of Google.
A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The tech giant quickly pulled it back after a backlash and concerns about disinformation risks.
Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industryβs spending are mounting.
In our experiment, we deployed A.I. βagentsβ to act as office workers, and found that they were capable of performing some of the tasks we assigned, but not all of them.
Googleβs parent company, which has spent heavily on artificial intelligence, also showed growth across its businesses, particularly in cloud computing.
For the second time, the company is expected to explain its artificial intelligence plans. Unlike some rivals, it is not reorganizing around the technology.