We stand w/ The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. It's been 365 days since Russia wrongfully detained him for doing his job: a year of both personal loss & essential reporting silenced. We join his family & the journalism community in calling for his release.

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#FreeEvan

Microsoft is hiring Google DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman to oversee its consumer AI products. I talked to Satya Nadella and Suleyman about his new role bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“Google has not publicly disclosed the reasons for the Wi-Fi problems, but workers say the 600,000-square-foot building’s swooping, wave-like rooftop swallows broadband like the Bermuda Triangle.”

Incredibly happy for Lucy Nicholson with her appointment as AP Director of Photography. Devastated to see her go but know she will do great things at AP blog.ap.org/lucy-nicholson…

The Benioff Hawaii land holdings beat isn’t for the meek, 2006 (left) and 2024 (right)

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THREAD: Our investigation into the Koree Nageenyaa, a secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region is out. It details how the group, formed at Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 instigation, ordered 100s of illegal detentions and dozens of killings. reuters.com/investigates/s…

'You're dramatically giving a wider view for people to ask questions about the world,' Sundar Pichai said of Google's latest AI, which users can prompt with 30,000 lines of code, 11 hours of audio or one hour of video.
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Generative AI may change elections this year. Indonesia shows how, by Kate Lamb Fanny Potkin & Ananda Teresia reuters.com/technology/gen…

Google rebrands Bard chatbot as Gemini, rolls out paid subscription reuters.com/technology/goo…

Alphabet plans to seek external investment for GFiber, its business selling Wi-Fi and internet connectivity in parts of the United States, the company told Reuters on Monday, as it looks to ramp up its expansion to more cities.reuters.com/business/media…

new cover story for Businessweek!!

Ashlee Vance and i have the inside story of these ultra-fragile 2,000yo Roman scrolls and the volunteer army of nerds competing to use AI to decipher their secrets

and today's astonishing news: it's actually working

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Google Splits Up a Key AI Ethics Watchdog, via ⁦Paresh Dave⁩ wired.com/story/google-s…

Amazon and iRobot have abandoned their merger in the face of EU opposition, reports David Shepardson. iRobot's CEO Colin Angle has stepped down after founding the company in 1990. reuters.com/markets/deals/…

We’re so grateful for the years of service and support from the incomparable Mike Berens.

He represents the best of IRE — sharing his knowledge with other journalists and striving to make the industry better. He's spoken at so many IRE conferences and workshops over the years,

🔊 There’s a big buzz around artificial intelligence at the World Economic Forum – but Jeffrey Dastin tells the Reuters World News daily podcast that executives at Davos aren't seeing its profits yet.

Listen now reut.rs/4b2pw09

Bright banners tout the promise of artificial intelligence along the main promenade of Davos, but executives at the World Economic Forum say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers. reuters.com/technology/ai-…