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Tech
AI-Powered Answer Engine Perplexity Places $34.5B Bid To Purchase Google Chrome
Perplexity is reportedly looking to buy out its competition. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine co-founded…
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Some Called ChatGPT The ‘Google Killer,’ But Is $18B AI-Powered Answer Engine Perplexity The Real Threat?
Perplexity Founder Aravind Srinivas is planting his flag in the fierce race to lead in AI. Srinivas is a former…
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Tech
Google Removes Over 50 DEI-Focused Organizations From List Of Groups It Publicly Supports
Google has removed more than 50 organizations tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from a public list of groups…
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Tech
Google Pumps $37M Into Africa’s Infrastructure To Ensure Its Researchers And Students Have A Stake In AI’s Development
Google is making a major investment in Africa’s AI future. According to a blog post, Google.org announced a $37 million…
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Tech
After Being Laid Off From Google, This Founder Bootstrapped A Defense-Tech Startup That Has Now Secured $1.2M In Contracts
After being laid off from Google, DeMarcus Edwards decided to become the founder of an AI company. The Howard University…
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Politics
Google and Howard Team Up to Elevate Black Voices
Howard University and Google Research have launched Project Elevate Black Voices, a new partnership aimed at making voice technology more inclusive…
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Crypto
Crypto To Watch as “AI Agent” Hits Record High on Google Trends
The search volumes for the term “AI Agent” have surged to the highest level in five years, and this has…
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Tech
Google Settles $50M Lawsuit That Alleges Bias Toward Over 4,000 Black Employees
A racial bias lawsuit has been settled by Google. According to Reuters, the tech giant had been accused of racial…
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Tech
Op-Ed: Google Is Rolling Out Its AI Chatbot To Children Under 13, But I Don’t Think They Should Have Access
Editorial Note: Opinions and thoughts are the author’s own and not those of AFROTECH™. Google announced that it will now allow…
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Black Business
Google settles lawsuit alleging bias against Black employees
Google agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the search engine giant was racially biased against Black…
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