Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Amazon mandates five days a week in office starting next year

Amazon.com will require employees to return to working at company offices five days per week beginning next year, toughening a prior three-day mandate.

Amazon mandates five days a week in office starting next year
Business|Technology

Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revamp

Amazon's revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence

Amazon turns to Anthropic's Claude for Alexa AI revamp
News|Technology

Big Tech wants AI to be regulated. Why do they oppose a California AI bill?

California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in

Big Tech wants AI to be regulated. Why do they oppose a California AI bill?
Business|Technology

Amazon announces incremental AI refinements to fend off rivals

Amazon.com announced a series of largely incremental refinements on Wednesday to several of its artificial intelligence products as it seeks to keep rivals at bay amid a

Amazon announces incremental AI refinements to fend off rivals
Business|Technology

Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp

 Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has

Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
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California agency approves San Francisco robotaxi expansion, a win for Cruise, Waymo

Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and General Motors’ Cruise can operate paid robotaxi services using unmanned self-driving vehicles throughout San Francisco, California state regulators voted on Thursday, in the face of vigorous pushback from city transportation, safety agencies and many residents. The vote by the California Public Utilities Commission – 3 to 1 in favor – takes effect immediately, meaning the companies now have permission to begin citywide paid taxi service throughout the city and at all hours of the day. Cruise and Waymo have been running experimental services limited by times and geographic areas. Neither

California agency approves San Francisco robotaxi expansion, a win for Cruise, Waymo
Business

Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself

Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the

Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself
Business

Amazon's Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas

Amazon.com’s self-driving car unit, Zoox, is seeking to stay abreast of rival Waymo by expanding its vehicles’ testing in California and Nevada to include a wider area,

Amazon's Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas
Business

Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert

Google has been touting the myriad innovations in the first building wholly designed and built by the web giant, even moving workers in to focus on its

Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert
Business

Exclusive-GM's Cruise valuation slashed by more than half, email shows

General Motors' Cruise saw its internal share price cut by more than half from a quarter ago as the fallout from an October accident continues to weigh on the self-

Exclusive-GM's Cruise valuation slashed by more than half, email shows
Business

Analysis-GM's Cruise faces long road back to city streets in wake of safety review

General Motors' Cruise self-driving car unit faces a trip that could last the better part of this year to convince regulators and a wary public that its

Analysis-GM's Cruise faces long road back to city streets in wake of safety review
Business

Exclusive-GM's Cruise robotaxi unit dismisses nine people after safety investigation

General Motors' Cruise robotaxi unit dismissed nine key people amid an ongoing safety investigation, a spokesperson for Cruise confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday.

Exclusive-GM's Cruise robotaxi unit dismisses nine people after safety investigation
Business

Exclusive-New leader of GM's Cruise acknowledges 'all-time low' amid safety review

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has hit an “all time low,” said its new leader, while promising to restore trust with regulators and the public after the

Exclusive-New leader of GM's Cruise acknowledges 'all-time low' amid safety review
Business

Amazon looks to lure corporate customers with generative AI safety measures

Amazon is trying to lure big corporate customers to it AWS cloud computing service by offering to guard them against legal and reputational damage that can come from the

Amazon looks to lure corporate customers with generative AI safety measures
Business

Analysis-Sam Altman's firing at OpenAI reflects schism over future of AI development

The rift that cost artificial-intelligence whiz kid Sam Altman his CEO job at OpenAI reflects a fundamental difference of opinion over safety, broadly,

Analysis-Sam Altman's firing at OpenAI reflects schism over future of AI development
Business

CEO of GM's Cruise robo-taxi unit resigns amid US safety review

- Kyle Vogt, the CEO of General Motors' robot-taxi unit Cruise, has resigned from the company a day after apologizing to staff as the company undergoes a safety review of

CEO of GM's Cruise robo-taxi unit resigns amid US safety review
Business

In ousting CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT loses its best fundraiser

Artificial intelligence may be well-known for generating human-like images out of whole cloth, but if the software has a public face it is Sam Altman’s.

In ousting CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT loses its best fundraiser
Business

Exclusive-Amazon.com to cut "several hundred" Alexa jobs

Amazon.com on Friday announced it is trimming roles its Alexa unit, according to an email to staff viewed by Reuters.

Exclusive-Amazon.com to cut "several hundred" Alexa jobs
Business

Alphabet CEO, in Play store trial, acknowledges some materials not retained

In federal court on Tuesday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged that he sometimes marked documents as "privileged" and never turned off a setting that

Alphabet CEO, in Play store trial, acknowledges some materials not retained
Business

Amazon cuts jobs in Games unit, part of broader restructuring

Amazon.com has cut around 180 jobs in its Games division, at least the second round of cuts in under a week, as part of a broader restructuring, according to an email

Amazon cuts jobs in Games unit, part of broader restructuring
Business

Amazon says cuts jobs in music streaming unit

Amazon.com has begun cutting jobs in its Music division, the company said on Wednesday, confirming the latest of several rounds of layoffs over the past year that have

Amazon says cuts jobs in music streaming unit
Business

Exclusive-Amazon.com previews FTC defense at companywide meeting -transcript

Amazon.com's top lawyer on Tuesday previewed the broad outlines of the company's possible defense against the U.S.

Exclusive-Amazon.com previews FTC defense at companywide meeting -transcript
Business|Environment

Amazon.com investors reject all 14 outside proposals at meeting

Amazon.com investors voted against all 14 resolutions that asked the retailer to disclose more about its carbon emissions and its directors' donations, and to form a

Amazon.com investors reject all 14 outside proposals at meeting
Business|News

Amazon ad exec Aubrey steps aside for new role

Amazon.com's advertising executive Colleen Aubrey, a member of the elite internal team advising the CEO, is moving to a new undisclosed position at the company.

Amazon ad exec Aubrey steps aside for new role
News

GM sues San Francisco, seeking $121 million in back taxes, penalties

General Motors has sued the city of San Francisco, seeking to recover more than $100 million, alleging that it was charged a higher tax bill than warranted

GM sues San Francisco, seeking $121 million in back taxes, penalties

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