Source: Google cuts hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January 2025
www.reuters.com/tech... Brandon Downey / @bdowney : Chaser: — Imagine getting laid off the same day they are sending different people to the Roof at Hooli^H^^H Google. Mastodon: @majorlinux@toot.maj...
A Google DeepMind research scientist details some LLM use cases and argues LLMs are not overhyped and should be judged on what they can do, not what they can't
I don't think that “AI” models (by which I mean: large language models) are over-hyped. — Yes, it's true that any new technology will attract the grifters. And it is definitely true that many compa...
Parler is not down due to a single company but because the market chose not to do business with it because it's toxic, which is the nature of a free market
I've delayed writing deeper thoughts on the total deplatforming of Parler, in part because there was so much else happening … Tweets: @benhixonva , @erratarob , @mcwm , @tynanpants , @jonjones , @erra...
Sources detail the measures Google took to keep Dragonfly under wraps, including shutting out some members of the security and privacy teams from key meetings
including to most Google employees — and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification,” writes Jack Poulson. http://theintercept.com/... Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : ...