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Google launches Gemini 2.0 Pro and Flash-Lite

Google Launches Gemini 2.0 for Everyone. Here Are the Highlights

The flood of AI news from Google comes in the wake of the launch of DeepSeek, the breakthrough Chinese AI tool that's been making headlines.

MUO on MSN · 14h

Google's Latest (and Fastest) Gemini Model Is Now Available to Everyone—Even Free Users

The latest wide release is Gemini 2.0 Flash, Google's fastest and most effective model yet. Exiting triumphantly from its experimental phase is Gemini 2.0 Flash, a "highly efficient workhorse model," as described by Google's The Keyword.

Mashable on MSN · 18h

Google makes Gemini 'thinking' model available on the app and launches Gemini 2.0 Pro

The Google Gemini app now includes a reasoning model that shows its "thought process." On Wednesday, the tech giant announced the availability of Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental on Gemini's desktop and mobile versions.

Google axes diversity hiring targets

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Google scraps diverse hiring targets following Trump's crusade against DEI

Google has become the latest big tech company to scrap diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump 's attacks against such programs.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 8h

Google Kills Diversity Hiring Targets

Google is eliminating its goal of hiring more employees from historically underrepresented groups and reviewing some diversity, equity and inclusion programs, joining other tech giants rethinking their approach to DEI.

LA Times on MSN · 12h

Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity

Google is the latest company to roll back DEI efforts amid more political pressure to do so under President Trump.

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BBC · 23h

Concern over Google ending ban on AI weapons

Human Rights Watch has criticised the decision, telling the BBC that AI can "complicate accountability" for battlefield decisions that "may have life or death consequences." In a blog post Google defended the change,

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Google Removes Language on Weapons From Public AI Principles

Alphabet Inc.’s Google removed a passage from its artificial intelligence principles that pledged to avoid using the technology in potentially harmful applications, such as weapons.

Mashable on MSN · 1d

Google deletes policy against using AI for weapons or surveillance

Google has quietly deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018. First spotted by Bloomberg, Google has updated its AI Principles to remove an entire section on artificial intelligence applications it pledged not to pursue.

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Alphabet Slides After Cloud Sales Fall Short of Expectations

Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as growth in its cloud business slowed. The shares fell more than 8%.

Wall Street Journal · 1d

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales; Alphabet Stock Slides

A slowdown in cloud-computing sales dragged down Google’s revenue growth last quarter, knocking shares of parent company Alphabet. Its stock slid 7.5% ahead of the open. Read more:

MarketWatch · 1d

Alphabet earnings: What to expect on AI and the cloud, with Google parent’s stock near a record

Alphabet reports fourth-quarter earnings after Tuesday's closing bell. Investors will be focused on cloud momentum and AI traction, with shares of the Google and YouTube parent company holding fast near the record levels achieved last week.

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Google Security Issues Zen Warning—What AMD Users Need To Do

Google security hackers have confirmed a confidential computing compromise that targets AMD Zen-based devices.

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Experts raise grave concerns about Google's AI strategy

However, some experts seem even more concerned about something else that might threaten Google’s progress in the coming year.

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Google will end a core DEI program — and evaluate others, company says

The change comes after President Trump’s sweeping executive orders and a broader anti-DEI pullback at other big companies ...

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Google says commercial quantum computing applications arriving within five years

Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google's head of quantum told Reuters on ...

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Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025

Google Search is in the midst of a "journey" around AI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during the company's earnings call on ...

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Microsoft’s AI boss just raided Google. He poached two scientists who built a tool that can transform text into a podcast

Microsoft AI boss and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman recruited new tech talent to work for Microsoft in Zurich.

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Verizon Makes $120 Google Offer To Android And IOS Users

Similarly, Google has remained steadfast on keeping YouTube Premium separate from its entire subscription line up. The only ...

China retaliates with tariffs on some US goods and a probe into Google

Authorities also announced a Google inquiry and put the biotech firm Illumina and Calvin Klein's parent, PVH, on China's ...

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