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Alphabet's blockbuster first-quarter earnings and first dividend sent its stock soaring and come as a much-needed win for the Google owner's CEO.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are set to open higher after both Alphabet and Microsoft posted strong first-quarter earnings reports.

Google search chief Prabhakar Raghavan warned staff to brace for a new chapter as rivals such as Perplexity AI seek to challenge its dominance.

DeepMind developed its TacticAI prototype with Liverpool FC, a club known for its "Moneyball"-style approach to soccer.

Two tribal nations brought lawsuits this week against social-media companies, saying they are worsening the mental health crisis among Native youth.

Drawing level with OpenAI's Sora text-to-video generator may be tough, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told a colleague, The Information reported.

DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis said the surge in funding for AI "brings with it a whole attendant bunch of hype and maybe some grifting."

Some high-profile names in Silicon Valley have been making personal appeals in a bid to attract or retain top AI talent.

Emi Kolawole, a project leader at Google's Moonshot factory X, left recently as the company shifts focus.

The company is being sued right now by the Department of Justice, which alleges Google illegally maintains a monopoly in the online search market.

It's highly likely that Google will use information put into Gemini's giant context window as training data for future AI models.

Some workers learned of the YouTube Music layoffs while testifying to the Austin city council about Google's refusal to negotiate with the union.

Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming the company's partnership with Microsoft threatens its original non-profit mission.

Google paused its chatbot Gemini's image generation feature on Thursday, following some users' claims that the feature was "woke."

Google will use satellite data, AI, and its computing power to map methane emissions around the globe. The transparency marks a new era in climate accountability.

Mariana Kobayashi also sent recruiters documents that highlighted her "red flags" as well as her strengths, she told Business Insider.

Need a laugh? Try out Google's newly relaunched Art Selfie feature in its Arts & Culture app.

The AI boom is making machine learning jobs a hot commodity. But many are wondering whether the Ph.D.s required by some employers are really needed.

The rise of generative AI is shifting the tech industry's business model from free to paid subscriptions.

Speaking to Zuckerberg at a conference in Idaho in 2021, Pichai expressed admiration for a Facebook breakthrough in AI, per Bloomberg.

In a post on X, Yann LeCun, said the company's lack of revenue at the time was also a factor in his decision.