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AI Tool Helps People with Opposing Views Find Common Ground in Public Policy Deliberations
- Monday October 21, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A new AI tool developed by Google DeepMind helps people with opposing views reach consensus by summarising viewpoints fairly. Tested on UK residents, the AI-generated summaries were preferred over those of human mediators, showcasing potential for improving democratic deliberation processes. The tool, named the Habermas Machine, could be crucial in...
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Google Play Games for PC to Expand Support for Native PC Games This Year
- Tuesday March 19, 2024
- Written by Manas Mitul, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Google Play Games was released for Windows in 2022, bringing a diverse lineup of select Android games to PC. Google’s gaming service, first announced in 2021, was launched in Beta in India last year, as well, offering optimised Android games for PC. Google recently announced that it will expand support for native PC games on the platform, offerin...
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Google Sued By Black Employee Who Was Celebrated As Diversity Success
- Friday March 15, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Black, deaf Google employee, once celebrated, accuses discrimination based on disability and race despite the company's inclusive workplace image.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Doodle Celebrates Women's Progress On International Women's Day
- Friday March 8, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Google marks International Women's Day with a vibrant illustration crafted by Sophie Diao, showcasing diversity, creativity, and empowerment.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sundar Pichai Slams "Completely Unacceptable" Gemini AI Gaffes
- Wednesday February 28, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday slammed "completely unacceptable" errors by its Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as images of ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops forced it to stop users from creating pictures of people
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Pauses AI Tool After It Creates Images Of Black, Woman Nazi Soldiers
- Thursday February 22, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google said Thursday it would stop users from creating images of people on its newly launched AI tool, after the program depicted Nazi-era troops as people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google To Transcribe Speech Data From 773 Indian Districts, Build AI Models
- Monday December 19, 2022
- Business | Asian News International
Google announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Project Vaani), to capture diverse Indian dialects for building better AI language models.
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Women Will Hold a Quarter of Leadership Roles at Large Global Tech Firms In 2022: Deloitte Report
- Thursday April 21, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
More women are getting into leadership roles in the tech industry, which has long been seen as an area dominated by men. The report, prepared by consulting firm Deloitte, said women will hold about one in four leadership roles at large global technology companies this year. That is a jump of 20 percent from 2019 and the momentum is noticeable since...
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Google Doodle Celebrates International Women's Day With Animated Slideshow
- Tuesday March 8, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Search engine giant Google is celebrating International Women's day with a special Doodle today. The Doodle's animated video features women in their diverse roles in society - from homemakers to scientists.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Drops Engineering Residency After Protests Over 'Systemic Pay Inequities'
- Tuesday June 22, 2021
- Reuters
Google plans to shut down a long-running programme aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds after participants said it enforced "systemic pay inequities," according to internal correspondence
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Google Developing New Measure of Skin Tones to Curb Bias in Products
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- Reuters
Google has said that it is developing an alternative to Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST), the industry-standard method for classifying skin tones, which many technology researchers and dermatologists say is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of colour.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple Hires Samy Bengio, Ex-Google AI Scientist Who Resigned After Colleagues Were Fired
- Tuesday May 4, 2021
- Reuters
Apple has hired a former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant after some of his colleagues including Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell were fired.
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Google AI Researcher Samy Bengio Resigns After Colleagues' Firings, Internal Email Shows
- Wednesday April 7, 2021
- Reuters
Google research manager Samy Bengio said he was resigning, according to an internal email, in a blow to the Alphabet unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- Dina Bass, Nico Grant, Bloomberg
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
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Google Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- World News | Dina Bass and Nico Grant, Bloomberg
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
- www.ndtv.com
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AI Tool Helps People with Opposing Views Find Common Ground in Public Policy Deliberations
- Monday October 21, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A new AI tool developed by Google DeepMind helps people with opposing views reach consensus by summarising viewpoints fairly. Tested on UK residents, the AI-generated summaries were preferred over those of human mediators, showcasing potential for improving democratic deliberation processes. The tool, named the Habermas Machine, could be crucial in...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google Play Games for PC to Expand Support for Native PC Games This Year
- Tuesday March 19, 2024
- Written by Manas Mitul, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Google Play Games was released for Windows in 2022, bringing a diverse lineup of select Android games to PC. Google’s gaming service, first announced in 2021, was launched in Beta in India last year, as well, offering optimised Android games for PC. Google recently announced that it will expand support for native PC games on the platform, offerin...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google Sued By Black Employee Who Was Celebrated As Diversity Success
- Friday March 15, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Black, deaf Google employee, once celebrated, accuses discrimination based on disability and race despite the company's inclusive workplace image.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Google Doodle Celebrates Women's Progress On International Women's Day
- Friday March 8, 2024
- Feature | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Google marks International Women's Day with a vibrant illustration crafted by Sophie Diao, showcasing diversity, creativity, and empowerment.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Sundar Pichai Slams "Completely Unacceptable" Gemini AI Gaffes
- Wednesday February 28, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday slammed "completely unacceptable" errors by its Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as images of ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops forced it to stop users from creating pictures of people
- www.ndtv.com
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Google Pauses AI Tool After It Creates Images Of Black, Woman Nazi Soldiers
- Thursday February 22, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google said Thursday it would stop users from creating images of people on its newly launched AI tool, after the program depicted Nazi-era troops as people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
- www.ndtv.com
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Google To Transcribe Speech Data From 773 Indian Districts, Build AI Models
- Monday December 19, 2022
- Business | Asian News International
Google announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Project Vaani), to capture diverse Indian dialects for building better AI language models.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Women Will Hold a Quarter of Leadership Roles at Large Global Tech Firms In 2022: Deloitte Report
- Thursday April 21, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
More women are getting into leadership roles in the tech industry, which has long been seen as an area dominated by men. The report, prepared by consulting firm Deloitte, said women will hold about one in four leadership roles at large global technology companies this year. That is a jump of 20 percent from 2019 and the momentum is noticeable since...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google Doodle Celebrates International Women's Day With Animated Slideshow
- Tuesday March 8, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Search engine giant Google is celebrating International Women's day with a special Doodle today. The Doodle's animated video features women in their diverse roles in society - from homemakers to scientists.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Google Drops Engineering Residency After Protests Over 'Systemic Pay Inequities'
- Tuesday June 22, 2021
- Reuters
Google plans to shut down a long-running programme aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds after participants said it enforced "systemic pay inequities," according to internal correspondence
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Google Developing New Measure of Skin Tones to Curb Bias in Products
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- Reuters
Google has said that it is developing an alternative to Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST), the industry-standard method for classifying skin tones, which many technology researchers and dermatologists say is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of colour.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple Hires Samy Bengio, Ex-Google AI Scientist Who Resigned After Colleagues Were Fired
- Tuesday May 4, 2021
- Reuters
Apple has hired a former Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left the search giant after some of his colleagues including Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell were fired.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google AI Researcher Samy Bengio Resigns After Colleagues' Firings, Internal Email Shows
- Wednesday April 7, 2021
- Reuters
Google research manager Samy Bengio said he was resigning, according to an internal email, in a blow to the Alphabet unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- Dina Bass, Nico Grant, Bloomberg
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Google Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- World News | Dina Bass and Nico Grant, Bloomberg
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
- www.ndtv.com