He said Musk was concerned about Google DeepMind and CEO Demis Hassabis and “expressed a lot of concerns about what would happen if DeepMind got to AGI first.” Achiam said he shared his concern that trying to “race” towards the technology was a “fairly unsafe proposition … He was proposing to do so…
Their new Next Wave Fund will reward select entrepreneurs and small businesses with fewer than 20 full-time employees with a $10,000 pledge towards a crowdfunded technology or digital gaming-focused project. …
… The two companies will also “explore new gameplay experiences enabled by these technologies.” Link: Studio Behind EVE Online Goes Independent, Rebrands as Fenris Creations, Enters Research Partnership with Google DeepMind | https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2026/studio-behind-eve-online-goes-independen…
… According to The Information: Google’s proposed contract language appears to mirror the terms OpenAI secured in an agreement it struck with the Pentagon over the use of its AI earlier this year… However, lawyers also said at the time that language in OpenAI’s contract that seemed to preclude the us…
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Staffers at Google DeepMind’s headquarters are forming a union in an effort to prevent the AI firm’s technology from being used by Israel and the US military. …
… In April 2018, about 4,000 employees signed a petition demanding that Google remove itself from the “business of war.” The letter said a Google executive had assured Googlers their tech “will not ‘operate or fly drones’ and ‘will not be used to launch weapons.’” But “while this eliminates a narrow … …
… I was watching the keynote yesterday and I saw a lot of intent and confidence from Google: “We have this core technology. We can express it in lots of ways. It’s still essentially Google-y.” There are lots of products, lots of Gemini words. …
… It was shut down on May 4th, 2026 and its technology voyaged to other Google products.” Google first revealed Project Mariner in December 2024 and later announced an update allowing it to perform up to 10 tasks at a time. …
