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AI Was Supposed To Replace Workers. Google's Biggest Study Yet Says That's Not What's Happening
Artificial intelligence is being embraced across a growing number of professions, but it is largely serving as a workplace assistant rather than replacing employees, according to a new study.
Alphabet And Tesla Are Betting Hundreds Of Billions On AI. Their Shares Are Plummeting
Both Tesla and Alphabet reported negative free cash flow for this quarter, but assured investors that this was to be expected due to their investments in AI. Their stocks are plummeting anyway.
Reddit Is Reportedly Considering Not Renewing an AI Deal With Google. Its Stock Is Sinking
Reddit stocks are plummeting on Wednesday on reports that the company might won't extend a deal with Google to let it use its content to train its AI models.
Alphabet Is Reportedly Developing a More Efficient AI Chip. It's Stock Is Climbing
Alphabet's shares are rising on Monday following reports that it is developing a more efficient AI chip.
Why China Just Offered 5,000 AI Training Opportunities to Developing Nations
Xi Jinping counters US chip bans with 5,000 AI training slots for developing nations as the US-China tech rivalry intensifies. Inside Beijing's new push.
Report Says Google's AI Overview Poses Risk To Children. And Parents Can't Switch It Off
Google's AI Overviews failed child safety tests and pose an "unacceptable risk" to children, according to a nonprofit organization that evaluates AI products.
XRP Search Interest Hits All-Time Low One Year After Its $3.65 High
Exactly one year ago today, on July 18, 2025, XRP printed its all-time high of $3.65, and the world could not stop Googling it. Worldwide XRP search interest hit a perfect score of 100 that same week, the euphoric peak of a rally years in the making.
The EU Hit Google With a Record $4.7 Billion Fine. The Company Just Lost the Fight Over Paying It.
Google has lost its final legal challenge against one of the largest antitrust penalties ever imposed by the European Union, cementing a landmark victory for European regulators after an eight-year legal battle.
Tech Companies Built the Most Powerful AI. Now They're Investigating Whether Their Creations Can Feel.
Some of the tech industry's biggest players are now investing resources into studying whether increasingly sophisticated AI models could one day develop experiences that deserve moral consideration.
A Social Media Company Just Settled With a Teen Who Claimed The App Made Him An Addict. More Are Coming Next.
TikTok has settled a lawsuit brought by a Florida 15-year-old who claimed the platform contributed to serious mental health problems.
Alphabet Makes Debut As Dow Jones Index Member, Pushing It To a New Record
The broader S&P 500 climbed 1.18% to close at 7,440.43, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite outperformed with a 2.07% gain, ending the session at 25,820.14.
Digital Tax Tussle Opens New Trump-Europe Battlefront
President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100% tariff on all imports from countries that levy digital services taxes on US companies has thrust the European Union in another potential long-drawn out tussle against Washington.
Anthropic, Google DeepMind CEOs Push for U.S.-Led AI Alliance at G7 Summit
The leaders of two of the world's most influential artificial intelligence companies used the G7 summit in France to urge democratic nations to unite behind a U.S.-led framework for AI development and governance.
Google Parent Alphabet Plans $80 Billion Stock Sale to Fund AI Expansion
Google parent Alphabet is asking investors for an extraordinary $80 billion to help finance one of the most ambitious artificial intelligence expansion plans ever undertaken by a technology company.
Google Security Engineer Charged With Using Confidential Information To Make Millions On Prediction Markets
A Google engineer was arrested and charged with using confidential information to make millions on prediction markets.
Google Accepted 6,000 Gemini CLI Contributions, Then Closed Tool for Enterprise Only
Google spent nearly a year accepting code contributions from hundreds of independent developers on an open-source AI terminal tool — then on May 19, 2026, announced it would withdraw API access from all non-paying users and hand the project's future exclusively to enterprise customers, while replacing it with a closed-source successor that does not match it feature for feature.
Supreme Court Geofence Ruling Could Expose AI Chats, Keyword Searches to Police
The Supreme Court is weeks away from delivering its most consequential digital privacy ruling since 2018, and the stakes stretch far beyond a Virginia bank robbery. The case — Chatrie v. United States — centers on a geofence warrant, a law enforcement tool that searches everyone's location data to find an unknown suspect.
Microsoft Reportedly Considering Supplying Anthropic With AI Chips
Microsoft is in early talks to supply Anthropic with artificial intelligence chips, a potential deal that would give the Claude maker more computing power while offering Microsoft a major test case for its own custom AI hardware.
Google Unveils Gemini AI Agent To Help With Users' Digital Life
Google used its annual I/O developers conference on Tuesday to unveil a broad wave of artificial intelligence updates, including a completely new personal AI assistant "designed to proactively manage tasks and help you navigate your digital life, all under your direction."
Stanley Druckenmiller Dumps Alphabet After Boosting Stake 277% Last Quarter — Here's What He's Buying Now
Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office sold its entire Alphabet stake in Q1 despite impressive returns amid concerns over AI competition and regulatory pressures.
OpenAI Reportedly Weighs Legal Action Against Apple Over Siri Partnership
Reports indicate that OpenAI lawyers are working with an outside law firm on possibly sending Apple a notice alleging breach of contract without immediately filing a full lawsuit.
OpenAI Launches Daybreak the Same Day Google Confirmed the First AI-Built Zero-Day Attack
On May 11, the same day Google's Threat Intelligence Group disclosed the first confirmed case of attackers using AI to build a zero-day exploit, OpenAI launched Daybreak, a new agentic cybersecurity platform that embeds its GPT-5.5 models and Codex Security engine directly into the software development lifecycle.
Google Makes Bombshell Claim That Hackers Used AI to Create Zero-Day Flaw in Their System
Google said it disrupted what it described as the first known cyberattack in which hackers used artificial intelligence to find and build an exploit for a previously unknown software flaw
Alphabet Stock Dips Slightly as Q1 Earnings Highlight AI Cloud Boom and Regulatory Risks
Alphabet Inc. shares edged lower in midday trading Friday, trading around $384 after the tech giant delivered robust first-quarter results that underscored its dominance in search advertising and accelerating growth in artificial intelligence-powered cloud services. The modest decline of roughly 0.13 percent came amid broader market fluctuations as investors digested strong earnings against ongoing antitrust scrutiny.
Alphabet Stock Edges Higher on New AI Chip Launches and Cloud Momentum Ahead of Q1 Earnings
Alphabet Inc. Class C shares (NASDAQ: GOOG) ticked up modestly Thursday, trading around $338.38 after gaining about 0.19% early in the session, as investors digested fresh artificial intelligence product announcements and positioned for the tech giant's highly anticipated first-quarter earnings next week.
Google Teases Gemini-Powered Siri Upgrade in Cloud Next Event—Is It Coming via iOS 27?
Google's Cloud Next event has talked about the Gemini-powered Siri, teasing the next-gen upgrade that may be coming via iOS 27.
Google's AI Overviews Pump Out Millions Of Wrong Answers Each Hour Despite 90% 'Accuracy' Rate, Study Finds
New study finds Google's AI Overviews are 90% accurate yet still generate tens of millions of misleading answers every hour, raising serious concerns about scale, sources, and user trust.
Alphabet Stock Rises Modestly as Investors Await Q1 Earnings on AI Momentum
Alphabet Inc. Class C shares edged higher in morning trading Tuesday, climbing 0.26% to $336.28 as Wall Street prepared for the tech giant's first-quarter 2026 earnings report scheduled for April 29, with focus on Google Cloud growth, AI advancements and the impact of massive capital spending plans.
Alphabet Stock Dips 0.57% as Investors Await Q1 Earnings Amid Massive AI Spending Push
Alphabet Inc. Class C shares slipped modestly in early Monday trading on April 20, 2026, falling $1.92, or 0.57%, to $337.48 as Wall Street braced for the tech giant's first-quarter earnings report later this week and weighed the long-term costs of its aggressive artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout.
Anthropic Signs Mega Deal With Google, Broadcom: Why Bitcoin Miners Should Pay Attention
AI companies like Anthropic are now competing for the same scarce energy resources Bitcoin miners seek, which could drive more miners to rent their computing power to AI firms instead of mining cryptocurrencies.


