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Politics

Google sacks employees for protests over Israel project, government’s new CCTV rules, new launches from Vivo, Motorola, and other top news of the week – Times of India

[ad_1] Google this week sacked 28 employees for protests over its project with the Israeli government. In an email, CEO Sundar Pichai said that the workplace is not a place for politics. The company is also cutting some jobs and moving some of those roles to countries including India. Meta has launched Meta AI for its apps and consumer hardware products. Nothing has launched two earphones, Vivo and Motorola unveiled smartphones.All this and other tech news of the week. Google sacks 28 employees for protests over 'Israel contract' at its buildingsGoogle fired 28 employees who participated in sit-in protests at company offices. The employees were protesting against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services...
Science

Artificial Intelligence has a measurement problem – Times of India

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO: There's a problem with leading artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude: We don't really know how smart they are. That's because, unlike companies that make cars or drugs or baby formula, AI companies aren't required to submit their products for testing before releasing them to the public. Users are left to rely on the claims of AI companies, which often use vague, fuzzy phrases like "improved capabilities" to describe how their models differ from one version to the next.Models are updated so frequently that a chatbot that struggles with a task one day might mysteriously excel at it the next. Shoddy measurement also creates a safety risk. Without better tests for AI models, it's hard to know which capabilities are improving faster than expect...