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As AI slop farmers spam YouTube with their horrible content, the social media platform is tweaking its policies to stem the tide.

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YouTube Is Drowning in AI Slop Channels

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Google Sends Out Bizarre Email Saying AI Will Now Control Your Phone’s Apps

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Program Was So Annoying That Homeowners Begged It to Stop

Amazon’s Drone Delivery Program Was So Annoying That Homeowners Begged It to Stop

By Victor Tangermann

Google's parent company Alphabet failed to hit sales targets, falling a 0.1 percent short of Wall Street's revenue expectations.

Google’s Finances Are in Chaos as the Company Flails at Unpopular AI

By Victor Tangermann

Google's office with dark red, scary clouds looming behind.

Something Bad Is Brewing Inside Google

Google has decided to gut 200 members of its "core" team and start replacing their jobs in cheaper labor markets.

Google Lays Off 200 Workers to Replace Them With Cheaper International Workers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Reuters reports that AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value on Tuesday following disappointing earnings reports.

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AI Companies Lose $190 Billion After Dismal Financial Reports

By Victor Tangermann

Google and Alphabet are under fire from their own investors over weak whistleblower protection and poor human rights enforcement.

Google Investors Condemn Company for Punishing Whistleblowers

By Dan Robitzski

"Wolverine," a top-secret project by the Alphabet-owned moonshot company X, is building devices that grant superhuman hearing.

Prosthetics and Devices

Secret Alphabet Project “Wolverine” Aims to Give People Superhuman Hearing

By Dan Robitzski

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot

Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot

By Victor Tangermann

Alphabet-owned company Wing announced a partnership with FedEx and Walgreens to start making drone deliveries as soon as October.

Walgreens Will Start Making Drone Deliveries in October

By Victor Tangermann

Google parent company Alphabet is preparing to launch what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation says is the first commercial drone delivery service.

Residents Are Furious About Google’s Drone Delivery Service

By Jon Christian

Alphabet's DeepMind AI dominated at the game of StarCraft II beating two of the world's best (human) players 5-0 in a best-of-five.

Artificial Intelligence

StarCraft Champion Trounced by AI: “Very Human Style of Gameplay”

By Victor Tangermann

After a sale to SoftBank fell apart, Alphabet is beginning to dissolve Schaft, the company it purchased to develop bipedal robots.

Alphabet Cancels Walking Robot Project After Internal Turmoil

By Dan Robitzski

Alphabet has inked a deal with a Kenyan telecom to bring its balloon-powered internet to rural and suburban parts of Kenya

Alphabet Will Bring Its Balloon-Powered Internet to Kenya

By Kristin Houser

Alphabet Will Start Toronto Smart City Project This Summer. Residents Still Have Questions.

Alphabet Will Start Toronto Smart City Project This Summer. Residents Still Have Questions.

By Claudia Geib