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Google's Gemini 2.0 rolls out to everyone to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek
By Sean Endicott published
AI Google's Gemini 2.0 just rolled out to everyone. The tech giant has several models that compete with trending tech from OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek.

Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI o1 competitor in 30 minutes
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI The AI takes on OpenAI's o1 reasoning variant. The model, dubbed s1, was trained using a dataset of 1,000 questions for under $50.

Microsoft doubles down on aggressive tactics against Google
By Kevin Okemwa published
BROWSING Microsoft is trying to compel users to stick to Microsoft Edge when searching for Google's Web Store using Bing instead of switching over to Chrome.

Microsoft stops tricking people into using Bing instead of Google, at least on Chrome
By Sean Endicott published
Apps Google accused Microsoft of attempting to deceive people recently with a Bing interface that looks like the UI of Google. Microsoft appears to have rolled back the interface.

Google responds angrily as Microsoft makes Bing imitate Google search
By Kevin Okemwa published
Search wars Microsoft is reportedly using deceptive tactics to grow its market share against Google in the search landscape by making Bing look like Google.

Google CEO urges "scrappy" tactics now ChatGPT is synonymous with AI
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently highlighted the company's 2025 plans centered on AI including building and shipping faster, though it might be "scrappy."

Google AI Studio boss says AGI will "look a lot like a product release" after Sam Altman claimed the benchmark would pass with surprisingly little societal impact
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google AI Studio's product manager, Logan Kilpatrick recently indicated that artificial super intelligence (ASI) is achievable without a keen focus on intermediate products or model releases.

Former Google lead says we should "seriously think" about pulling the plug on AI once it starts self-improving: "It’s going to be very difficult to maintain that balance"
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should pull the plug on self-improving AI because it will be difficult to maintain balance.

Microsoft was NVIDIA's biggest client in 2024, buying 485,000 chips for AI advances
By Kevin Okemwa published
MICROSOFT A new report by Omdia details that Microsoft bought the most NVIDIA AI chips compared to its competitors, translating to 485,000 NVIDIA Hopper chips and almost twice as many as Meta.
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