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Updated Dec. 10, 2023 4:58 pm ETElon Musk said conspiracy theorist Alex Jones would be reinstated on X, a reversal from the billionaire’s previous position that comes as he openly battles advertisers over their concerns about toxic content on the platform.Musk late Saturday night Pacific time announced the reversal of the platform’s five-year-old ban on Jones after running a user poll on X about whether to reinstate him. Musk had said earlier Saturday that the reason for rescinding the ban, if the X voters approved, was…

Google said it developed a new artificial-intelligence system more powerful than any currently on the market, including technology developed by ChatGPT creator OpenAI.The Alphabet unit said the algorithm wouldn’t be widely available until early next year, citing a need for more extensive safety testing despite spending most of this year on the project. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Google said it developed a new artificial-intelligence system more…

The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon Valley learned a long-lasting lesson: how to do more with less. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms have been cutting dozens or a few hundred employees at a time as executives keep tight controls on costs, even as their businesses and stock prices have rebounded sharply. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 The tech industry has largely recovered from the downturn, but Silicon…

There is a lot riding on the earnings report this week from Nvidia, both for the company’s ebullient investors and the entire stock market.Nvidia has been the big winner of the bet that artificial intelligence is the next big thing in tech, the so-called AI trade that surged in popularity after OpenAI’s release of its ChatGPT app. The chip maker’s shares have more than tripled this year, contributing to a sizable portion of the S&P 500’s 18% rise.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Amazon.com is launching a program to train millions of workers in artificial-intelligence skills as the tech giant seeks to gain an edge in a pitched battle for talent with Microsoft, Google and other companies.Named “AI Ready,” Amazon’s new program plans to train at least two million people by 2025 on basic to advanced AI skills, including how to make use of the generative AI technology that has powered language-based models such as ChatGPT. Amazon aims to fill a gap in AI talent as it has sought to generate interest in…

WASHINGTON—The historic antitrust case against Google will soon be in the hands of a judge who says he has no idea how he will rule.It will be many months before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the nonjury trial in Washington, rules on the question at the heart of the Justice Department’s case: Did Alphabet-owned Google, which answers about 90% of all internet search queries worldwide, illegally cement its monopoly?Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Nov. 16, 2023 4:37 pm ETApple plans to support a standard that will improve messaging with Android phones and enable new features, helping quell the blue-bubble/green-bubble debate around texts. Google has long pushed for Apple to adopt a communication protocol called rich communications systems, or RCS, that aims to replace traditional text messaging with more robust industrywide chat features. Such a change could help ease a stigma for users of its Android operating system.Copyright ©2023Dow Jones &…

Updated Nov. 6, 2023 3:44 pm ETSAN FRANCISCO — Google’s power in the digital economy is facing another major legal test starting Monday in a case targeting its role as a gatekeeper on billions of mobile devices.A group of jurors heard opening arguments from Fortnite-maker Epic Games that Google used its dominant position to squeeze excess profits from app developers, as well as the search giant’s response to those allegations. The case forms the second part of Epic’s attack on the two largest mobile software providers…

Satya Nadella wanted to make nice with longtime rival Google when he became chief executive of Microsoftalmost a decade ago. Those days now feel like a distant memory.Google’s antitrust trial in Washington, D.C., has provided a stage for Microsoft to air long-simmering grievances about the search giant’s market dominance. It also has opened a window into the events that led to a straining of relations between the two companies, a dynamic that has grown increasingly tense during the boom in artificial…

Google plans to initiate a mass removal process, deleting numerous inactive Gmail accounts. Renowned as one of the world's most widely used email services, Google's Gmail boasts features like AI-generated…