On Thursday Google launched a dedicated app for its AI-powered assistant, Gemini, on iOS globally. Until now, iOS users either had to use the Google app or mobile web to chat with the AI technology. The new Gemini iOS app supports text-based… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/google-launches-gemini-app-for-ios-worldwide/
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has more than 130,000 job cuts across 457 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. On Monday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat in for a five-hour podcast interview with AI influencer Lex Fridman. The two… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/this-week-in-ai-anthropics-ceo-talks-scaling-up-ai-and-google-predicts-floods/
Google is rolling out a few new features for Chrome on iOS, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, Google Chrome on iOS now lets you search using images and text at the same time. While you could already do this using the Google Lens… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/chrome-on-ios-now-lets-you-search-using-images-and-text-at-the-same-time/
Nvidia on Tuesday exceeded Apple’s market capitalization to become the world’s largest company, on the strength of a global AI push. As Bloomberg notes, the chipmaker has experienced an astronomical 850% growth since the tail end of 2022.
Google says it has addressed an issue with its search engine that saw it displaying a “where to vote” panel, which includes a map of polling places, for some specific voting-related searches but not for others. The tech giant even used the… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/google-fixes-issues-with-voting-search-results-that-werent-actually-broken/
Google might be lagging in its climate goals, but that isn’t stopping the tech giant from building a new AI-focused datacenter in fossil fuel-dependent Saudi Arabia. The new AI hub will support research into Arab language AI models and… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/google-is-opening-an-ai-hub-in-oil-rich-saudi-arabia/
Google has confirmed plans to require all Google Cloud customers to use multi-factor authentication (MFA), a process that kicks off this month with prompts and “helpful reminders” embedded inside the Google Cloud console, before a gradual… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/google-cloud-to-make-multi-factor-authentication-mandatory-in-2025/
Last week, OpenAI released its highly anticipated search product, ChatGPT Search, to take on Google. The industry has been bracing for this moment for months, prompting Google to inject AI-generated answers into its core product earlier this… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/chatgpt-search-is-not-openais-google-killer-yet/
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re coming at you right off the heels of TechCrunch Disrupt! If you missed it, we’re highlighting conversations from Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, and… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/02/why-wiz-really-turned-down-googles-23b-offer/