‘Nice to be back’: Google CEO Sundar Pichai lands in India for AI Impact Summit
Fp Staff • 1 month agoThe summit opened on February 16 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the event in New Delhi's Bharat Mandapam. He said that India stands at the forefront of the transformation of artificial intelligence
In a first, Google crosses $400bn in annual revenue despite heavy AI spending
Fp Staff • 1 month agoGoogle parent Alphabet posts record earnings as annual revenue crosses $400 billion for the first time, driven by search and cloud growth, while sharply ramping up spending to stay ahead in the intensifying AI race
New space race picks up pace: Bezos, Musk rivalling for data centres in orbit; Pichai too
Fp Staff • 3 months agoJeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai are leading a new space race to build orbital data centres, aiming to revolutionise global computing, resilience and digital infrastructure.
'Willow chip is 13,000x faster': Sundar Pichai teases Google's 'verifiable' quantum leap, Musk says...
Fp Staff • 5 months agoGoogle’s Willow chip has achieved the world’s first verifiable quantum advantage, running a complex algorithm 13,000 times faster than one of the fastest supercomputers
5 Indian-origin CEOs, Elon Musk absent: Inside Trump’s dinner with powerful tech leaders
Fp Explainers • 7 months agoUS President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a select group of leading tech executives for a dinner at the White House on Thursday. Among them were five Indian-origin leaders, including Google’s Sundar Pichai and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, who was once closely linked to Trump, was not present at the event
Mukesh Ambani unveils Reliance Intelligence to make India a global AI power
Fp Staff • 7 months agoReliance Intelligence marks the next big leap for Reliance aiming to deliver AI everywhere and for every Indian
Why is AI startup Perplexity offering $34.5 billion for Google Chrome?
Fp Explainers • 7 months agoAI startup Perplexity has made an unprecedented $34.5 billion all-cash offer to buy Google Chrome, aiming to acquire the browser’s massive user base amid a looming US antitrust ruling against Google. Backed by major investors, the San Francisco-based firm says the deal would preserve Chrome’s openness while investing billions in its future development
Did Google give preferential treatment to white, Asian employees?
Fp Explainers • 1 year agoGoogle, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has agreed to fork over $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of racial bias. Though the tech giant confirmed the development, it insists it has not discriminated against anyone. But what happened? What has the lawsuit alleged?
PM Modi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai discuss 'incredible opportunities' at AI summit
Fp Staff • 1 year agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed AI’s transformative potential and its role in India’s digital growth during their meeting in Paris. The discussion took place on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit.
Brian Thompson murder: The cost of protecting CEOs; $14 mn for Zuckerberg, $6.8 mn for Pichai
Fp Staff • 1 year agoMurder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has drawn attention to the escalating threat against high-profile executives, especially those in industries that are frequently the subject of public scrutiny. Read to find how much a company spends for the security of CEOs