Google’s parent company is raising $80 billion to fuel its AI ambitions
Not even Alphabet has enough cash to meet its AI goals.
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Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree
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Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on bets
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Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
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YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos
AI videos that are animated, unrealistic, or only have a little AI may still hide their origins, though.
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