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WSJ Tech News Briefing

How Google Is Accelerating Its AI Push

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Google recently launched Gemini, a new artificial-intelligence system it says is more powerful than any currently on the market, including technology developed by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Eli Collins, vice president of product management at Google DeepMind, spoke with WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa about some of the early use cases for Gemini and how Google is accelerating its AI push. Their conversation was recorded at WSJ’s CIO Network Summit on February 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ek slash special offer. Welcome to tech news briefing it's Friday February 16th. I'm Alex Osila for the Wall Street Journal

0:36.7

Coming up on today's show after a tough few years the cybersecurity industry seems to be on the upswing.

0:43.3

Several companies recently reported revenue that surpassed analyst expectations.

0:48.0

We'll find out what's changed from W.S.J.

0:50.3

Cybersecurity reporter James Rundle.

0:53.0

And then, Google has launched Gemini, its most capable artificial intelligence system

0:58.0

that it hopes will compete with Open AIs chat gPT.

1:02.0

We'll hear a conversation with Eli Collins, Vice President of

1:04.8

Product Management at Google Deepmind, about what Gemini can do and how the company is

1:09.5

accelerating its AI push. But first, given the many headlines about cyber attacks over the past few

1:17.8

years, you'd think that the cybersecurity industry was thriving. But in fact, cybersecurity vendors have tightened their belts, laid off staff and

1:26.0

downsized. Now, though, recent earnings from several companies indicate that the tide may

1:31.0

be turning. W.S.J. Cybersecurity reporter James Rundle

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