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☆ Google's former CEO says the tech giant is losing out to OpenAI and Anthropic because staff are working from home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI and Anthropic have been giving Google a run for its money in the AI race. "The reason the startups work is because the people work like hell," Schmidt said. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementRemote working has blunted Google's competitiveness in the AI race, says the company's former CEO and chairman, Eric Schmidt.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, —, Anthropic Organizations: Google, Service, Stanford University, Stanford, YouTube, Business

☆ Kamala Harris Can Be the Pro-Innovation President Silicon Valley Needs - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Reid Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There is a major opportunity for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats in the House and Senate to set our country on a different course. At a time when massive technological shifts are happening around the world, what the former Google C.E.O. In this moment, we need a leader who recognizes that innovation is the key to economic prosperity, national security and breakthrough progress on climate change and other pressing issues. She was California’s attorney general during the smartphone boom of the 2010s, when tax revenues from tech company I.P.O.s and stock market gains turned California’s budget deficits into surpluses and reinforced the state’s standing as the world’s innovation leader. Ms. Harris’s familiarity with the needs of the tech industry and her ability to innovate and protect the public interest mark her as a 21st-century leader.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Eric Schmidt, America’s, Harris, Ms Organizations: Google Locations: Francisco’s

☆ The long tale of the yacht linked to a Russian oligarch and abandoned in the Caribbean for more than 2 years finally draws to a close
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An undisclosed buyer picked up the Alfa Nero for $40 million last week. The sale ended an ownership tug-of-war, which included ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAn undisclosed buyer has finally stepped up to the helm of the Alfa Nero superyacht, ending a two-year-long saga, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. That buyer agreed last week to pay $40 million, a huge discount to the $67.6 million that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt bid last year, a deal he eventually abandoned.

Persons: Alfa Nero, Eric Schmidt, —, Alfa Nero superyacht Organizations: Alfa, Service, Bloomberg, Business Locations: Antigua, Barbuda

CNN —President Joe Biden outraised – and dramatically outspent – the campaign of Republican rival Donald Trump last month, new campaign reports filed Saturday show, raising questions about how long the president’s political team can operate at full throttle if donations dry up. By contrast, Trump’s campaign spent just shy of $10 million, leaving $128 million in its war chest. One fundraiser that proceeded over the weekend in Cape Cod brought in more $2 million, campaign officials said. Trump’s campaign, meanwhile, has consistently spent far less than Biden’s. A super PAC backing Trump’s candidacy, MAGA Inc., meanwhile, entered July with nearly $114 million in available cash.

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☆ A rash of tech billionaires are pivoting to Trump — but not because they’re MAGA bros
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But there’s a small, powerful sect of Silicon Valley billionaires who are carving a path for the maybe-Trumpers and the MAGA-curious in the tech world. David Sacks, the billionaire tech investor, co-hosted a fundraiser last month at his San Francisco home and spoke at the Republican National Convention on Monday. In the last election cycle, the few Trump backers that existed in the Valley largely kept their support under the radar. Their numbers are still small, but they’re no longer hiding, and their wallets are open. And, as Kovacevich notes, just because there are a few big names turning toward Trump, “they’re not speaking for everybody.”“In fact, most of the big company CEOs aren’t terribly involved in partisan politics,” Kovacevich says.

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☆ Nantucket's wealthy had another problem on their beaches this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The blade of an offshore wind turbine broke into pieces last week and washed ashore on tony Nantucket, the Massachusetts island favored by New Englanders and the very wealthy. Still, all Nantucket beaches were fully open by Wednesday, though the island's Harbormaster cautioned people to wear shoes and keep pets off certain areas. AdvertisementIn April, billionaire Barry Sternlicht's home was demolished due to property damage caused by erosion. It looks like snow, rain, hail, and a little wind turbine debris won't be enough to turn people off of the Gray Lady.

Persons: —, tony Nantucket, Harbormaster, Barry Sternlicht's, Steve Schwarzman, Eric Schmidt, Gray Organizations: Service, New, Business, Vineyard, of Safety, Environmental Locations: Nantucket, Massachusetts, New Englanders, Martha's

Vance as his running mate and a possible successor to lead the “Make America Great Again” movement. The 39-year-old served in Iraq and later went to Yale Law School, where he met his wife, Usha Vance. (She resigned from her role as a trial lawyer at Munger Tolles & Olson after Vance joined the ticket.) Vance rose to national prominence after publishing the best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” He worked at Mithril Capital Management, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, and Steve Case’s Revolution. Vance is close to the libertarian wing of the tech industry.

Persons: Donald Trump, Vance, He’s, ”, he’s, Usha Vance, Olson, Peter Thiel, Steve Case’s, Thiel, Eric Schmidt, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks Organizations: Trump, Yale Law School, Mithril Capital Management, Ohio Senate, Republican National Convention Locations: Iraq, Munger, Silicon, Ohio

☆ The End of the Affair? Not for Eric Schmidt.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( John Carreyrou | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Eric Schmidt was the chief executive of Google in the mid-2000s, he dated Marcy Simon, a New York-based public relations executive. Mr. Schmidt and Ms. Simon were seen together on the French Riviera, at tech conferences and on Fire Island, where she owned a beach house. When a large yellow diamond ring was spotted on Ms. Simon’s finger, some speculated in the media that Mr. Schmidt might divorce his wife and marry Ms. Simon. But Mr. Schmidt moved on to other girlfriends. There have been contracts, amended contracts, arbitrations, lawsuits and the platoon of advisers that inevitably go along with all that.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Marcy Simon, Schmidt, Simon, Ms Organizations: Google Locations: New York

☆ The NFL is open to private equity team ownership of up to 10%, Commissioner Roger Goodell says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"We've had a tremendous amount of interest [from private equity firms], and we believe this could make sense for us in a limited fashion, probably no more than 10% of a team. The National Football League is considering allowing minority private equity ownership for its 32 teams of up to 10%, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in an exclusive CNBC interview Thursday. "I think it may be leading to some rethink into the consideration of letting private equity, as an example, or institutional investors into the NFL." Private equity incentives around reaching investment targets and exit thresholds could alter the motivations for ownership in ways that make the bigger sports leagues uncomfortable. Private equity firms, tasked with finding investment vehicles to make returns on their assets under management, may be better suited to minority ownership.

Persons: Roger Goodell, Goodell, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, We've, Josh Harris, Harris, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Magic Johnson, Eric Schmidt, David Blitzer, They're, Ted Leonsis, You'll Organizations: National Football League, Allen & Company Sun Valley, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NFL, Allen & Co, Sun Valley Conference, CNBC, Apollo Global Management, Washington, Summit, Washington , D.C, NBA, Blackstone Group, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, Women's Soccer League, Washington Capitals, Wizards, Mystics, ESPN Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Washington ,

☆ The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In the 1960s, there were six people of working age for every retired person, according to the World Economic Forum. “What you’re seeing is increased spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security as the baby boomers are aging into those programs. And then of course, fewer workers relative to the number of people who are receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits,” said Dahl. Social Security payments still provide about 90% of income for more than a quarter of older adults in the United States, according to Social Security Agency surveys. But without intervention, the Social Security trust fund will be depleted by the mid-2030s, meaning that only a portion of retirees’ expected benefits will be paid out.

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☆ Former Google CEO reportedly sold his Atherton mansion for $22.5 million. See inside the stunning estate.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The property, located in the most expensive US zip code, includes a main home and a guest house. Schmidt, who served as Google and Alphabet chairman, has a net worth of around $23.9 billion. The sale closed a month later, Mansion Global reported, with a price of $22.5 million. The 5,265 square-foot listing includes a main home and a guest house in the most expensive zip code in the US. Schmidt's current net worth is estimated at around $23.9 billion, according to Forbes' ranking.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Google's, Atherton, Schmidt, —, Wendy, Forbes Organizations: Service, Wall, Business Locations: Atherton , California

☆ Eric Schmidt is poaching from Apple, SpaceX, and Google for his secretive AI military drone project
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Eric Schmidt's AI drone company is poaching from Apple, SpaceX, and Google, according to Forbes. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEric Schmidt's AI-powered military drone venture is quietly arming up. Forbes reports the ex-Google CEO's secretive company has poached roughly a dozen employees from Apple, SpaceX, Google, and more over the past several months. It's also sourced key candidates from the federal government and Schmidt's own nonprofit organization, Schmidt Futures, according to Forbes.

Persons: Eric Schmidt's, — Organizations: Apple, SpaceX, Google, Forbes, Eagle, Service, Schmidt, Business Locations: Valley, Ukraine

☆ Private equity investment in NFL teams is coming, Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"I think it may be leading to some rethink into the consideration of letting private equity, as an example, or institutional investors into the NFL." While U.S. pro sports leagues had prohibited private equity investors previously, they've largely softened their stances in recent years, aside from letting any firm be a controlling owner of a team. "We've got a lot of interest in the private equity space," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the league's spring meeting in May. "We are making real progress on potential private equity. Ross Sorkin asked Harris if allowing private equity investors into sports would have any negative impacts on the teams or the league's overarching strategy as those investors look toward an exit.

Persons: Harris, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Magic Johnson, Eric Schmidt, David Blitzer, Jeff Bezos, Dan Snyder, Apollo Global Management —, Josh Harris, David Tepper, Rob Walton, Mat Ishbia, Joe Tsai, Steve Cohen, We've, Roger Goodell, Goodell, Ross Sorkin, Stanley Kroenke, I've, Kroenke Organizations: NFL, CNBC, Summit, Washington , D.C, Blackstone Group, 76ers, Devils, Amazon, NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, Premier, Apollo Global Management, Washington Commanders, Carolina Panthers, Walmart, Denver Broncos, United Wholesale Mortgage, Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets, New York Mets, MLB, Guggenheim Baseball Management, Los Angeles Dodgers, U.S, PE, NBA, Los Angeles Rams Locations: Washington ,

☆ Tim Cook is about to reveal Apple's plan to dominate the internet for another decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewWhen Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone in 2007, it was a landmark moment in Apple's history that involved the CEO of another Silicon Valley company: Google. Now, Apple is preparing to unveil its plans to dominate the internet again — with the help of another Silicon Valley company. Apple's plan to dominate the internet, againOn Monday, when CEO Tim Cook kicks off Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), he's expected to reveal a new vision of artificial intelligence by announcing a partnership with OpenAI. Time will tell if the deal is as powerful as Apple's search engine agreement with Google. AdvertisementOne thing is certain: Apple's about to pitch the world on its plans to dominate the internet in the AI age.

Persons: —, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Google's, Apple, it's, Tim Cook, he's, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Dan Ives, OpenAI, Sam Altman Organizations: Service, Google, Apple, Business, Apple's, Conference, OpenAI, Rivals, Microsoft Locations: Bloomberg's

☆ Why this AI researcher thinks there's a 99.9% chance AI wipes us out
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For example, a recent study conducted with 2,700 AI researchers indicated there's only a 5% chance that AI will lead to human extinction. The AI researcher teaches computer science at the University of Louisville and just came out with a book called "AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable." Yampolskiy said he finds that unlikely since no AI model has been completely safe from people attempting to get the AI to do something it wasn't designed to do. AdvertisementGoogle AI Overviews, based on Google's Gemini AI model, is the latest product rollout that didn't stick the landing. The CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, Sam Altman, has suggested a "regulatory sandbox" where people experiment with AI and regulate it based on what "went really wrong" and what went "really right."

Persons: —, Lex Fridman, Fridman, Roman Yampolskiy, Yampolskiy, they've, Biden, Sam Altman, Altman, there'll, ChatGPT, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt Organizations: Service, Business, University of Louisville, Google Locations: Africa

☆ Most AI researchers say the chance it will wipe out humanity is pretty low. But this AI researcher pegs it at 99.9%
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. It asked campaigns to check work by AI tools, protect against biases and avoid using AI to create misleading content. It sent the proposal in March to the five Democratic campaign committees that seek to elect House, Senate, gubernatorial, state legislative and state attorneys general candidates to office, according to the draft agreement. The Democratic committee had hoped the statement would be signed by Chair Jaime Harrison and the leaders of the other organizations. Spokesmen from the Democratic Governors Association and Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee declined to comment.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hannah Muldavin, Muldavin, Jaime Harrison, Sam Altman, Eric Schmidt, Altman, Biden, Dustin Moskovitz, Reid Hoffman, – Organizations: White, Democratic National Committee, The Associated Press, Democratic, DNC, Republican National Committee, Google, Federal, Commission, Facebook, LinkedIn, Democratic Congressional Campaign, General, Associated Press, Democratic Governors Association, Democratic Legislative Locations: Washington , DC

☆ France is aiming to become a global AI superpower — but not without help from U.S. Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

AI everywhere at Viva TechAt Viva Tech, AI was everywhere. France boasts a strong AI research and development ecosystem, home to key facilities like the Facebook AI Research center from Meta and Google's AI research hub in Paris, as well as leading universities. He referred to H's mammoth funding round as an example of the momentum surrounding French AI right now. watch nowLevy said roughly 40% of the tech demos at Viva Tech were AI. He said that Google's recently introduced Gemma AI, a lightweight, open-source model, was developed heavily at the U.S. internet giant's Paris AI hub.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Yoan Valat, Eric Schmidt, Porte, Bruno Le Maire, CNBC's Arjun Kharpal, Le Maire, Etienne Grass, Capgemini, Imran Ghory, Ghory, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, Macron, Mistral, Yann LeCun, James Manyika, Google's, Maurice Levy, Karen Tso, Levy, Google's Manyika, Gemma AI Organizations: Afp, Getty, PARIS —, Viva Technology, Microsoft, Viva Tech, L'Oreal, Porte de, Facebook, CNBC, Blossom, Meta, Google, Paris, Groupe, U.S, Innovation Locations: Elysee, Paris, France, PARIS — France, China, Europe, Meta, French, U.S, Israel, Dealroom

☆ A top secret meeting is kicking off in Madrid with the CEOs of Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Microsoft AI in attendance
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. The CEOs of artificial intelligence heavyweights Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic and Mistral AI are among the elite list of business and political leaders attending a secretive meeting kicking off in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. AI will once again dominate discussions at the annual Bilderberg Meeting after catapulting onto the agenda last year following the meteoric rise of the burgeoning technology. U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are also among the political figures who will attend for geopolitical discussions including on China and Russia. According to its organizers, the closed nature of the event aims to foster "informal discussions about major issues."

Persons: Demis Hassabis, Jane Fraser, Eric Schmidt, Albert Bourla, Wael Sawan, Peter Thiel, Wally Adeyemo, Dmytro Kuleba, Jens Stoltenberg Organizations: Google, Mobile World Congress, MWC, Microsoft, Mistral, Citigroup, Pfizer, NATO, Chatham House, Economic Locations: Barcelona, Madrid, Spain, Ukrainian, China, Russia, Spanish, Chatham, Davos, Switzerland

☆ How to run an efficient meeting, according to tech billionaires who took them very seriously
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I like a crisp document and a messy meeting," Bezos said in a conversation with podcaster Lex Fridman in December. Microsoft had just bought the company Williams worked at. Gates "was always curious, always wanted to understand, always drilling for more detail," Williams wrote for BI in 2023. AdvertisementAfter Jobs died in 2011, Segall wrote a book about Apple's work culture, "Insanely Simple." "He stopped cold," Segall wrote.

Persons: —, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Cooper Neill, Bezos, Lex Fridman, Bill Gates, Sean Gallup, Chris Williams, Gates, Williams, he'd, Steve Jobs, Justin Sullivan, Ken Segall, Jobs, Segall, Lorrie, Eric Schmidt, Antoine Antoniol, Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Rosenberg Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Microsoft, Intel, BI, Getty Former, Google

☆ Homes on billionaire hot spot Nantucket are falling into the ocean at an alarming rate — but the wealthy won't stop buying
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Madeline Berg | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Over the past two centuries, Nantucket has gone from a whaling town to a hippie refuge to a holiday hot spot for billionaires. "To use a well-worn phrase, come hell or high water, people are still buying multimillion-dollar homes on Nantucket." Between 2030 and 2100, the number of structures exposed to coastal erosion is expected to go from 113 to 860. "Without erosion, this would be an extremely valuable area," Baxter Road resident Joshua Posner told BI. "It's not inexpensive, but it is worth doing," Posner told BI.

Persons: Steve Schwarzman, Eric Schmidt, Barry Sternlicht, Elizabeth Gibson, David L, Ryan, Bruce Percelay, Edward Sanford's, he'd, Percelay, Greg Mckechnie, you'd, Barry Sternlicht's, Suzanne Kreiter, Shelly Lockwood, who's, I'm, Joshua Posner, Jack Welch, Bill Belichick, —, Sanford, Lockwood, Nature, Yorker Brendan Maddigan, Maddigan, Mckechnie, Schwarzman, She's, Posner, he's, Helmut Weymar, Anne Atherton Organizations: Resilience, Business, Boston Globe, Getty, Estate, Nantucket, Coastal, Nantucket's Cisco, Cisco, Beach, Patriots, Yorker, Preservation Fund, Baxter, Conservation, Conservancy, The New York Times, Conservation Commission, Nature Locations: Nantucket, England, Cape Cod, Nantucket's, Madaket, Sconset, Brant, Baxter

☆ It's not just you, the AI dump feels never-ending right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIf you feel like you can't keep up with the deluge of AI announcements, you're not alone. In the last two weeks, developers and consumers have been bombarded with a steady stream of AI updates and product launches, showing just how heated the AI race has become. Gartner's Chandrasekaran gave two reasons for why the flurry of AI announcements is happening now. AdvertisementThat means that there's going to be a lot of so-called AI washing and AI marketing as companies fight for a chance to get noticed, Chandrasekaran added. "And they could be calling it AI or they may be using more classic machine learning and calling it like Gen AI."

Persons: —, Eric Schmidt, OpenAI, Arun Chandrasekaran, Sundar Pichai, Gartner's Chandrasekaran, Chandrasekaran, It's, There's, it's, there's Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Gemini, Project Astra, Microsoft, Apple, Gartner, Bloomberg Locations: Paris

☆ Ex-Google CEO says the US and China's most powerful AI systems may one day be stored in military bases and surrounded by machine guns
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Powerful AI systems could become heavily guarded in the future, says ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Schmidt expects the systems to be "surrounded by barbed wire and machine guns" in army bases. The US and China have been competing fiercely to maintain their lead in the AI race. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFormer Google CEO and chairman, Eric Schmidt thinks that "extremely powerful" AI systems will be heavily guarded by governments in the future.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, — Organizations: Service, Google, U.S, Noema Magazine Locations: China

☆ Big Tech goes on AI charm offensive in Europe as regulators circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It's worth noting that their comments come as the world's first major law governing AI, the EU's AI Act, was given the final greenlight. Meanwhile, European Commissioner Thierry Breton, a major architect of rules around Big Tech, is set to speak later in the week. Vogels, who is tasked with driving technology innovation within Amazon , said that AI can be used to "solve some of the world's hardest problems." Manyika said Google open-sourced its watermarking tech so that any developer can "build on it, improve on it." "I am concerned that there is potential for monopolies to emerge around Big Tech and AI," he said.

Persons: Rafael Henrique, Lightrocket, Werner Vogels, Society James Manyika, Thierry Breton, Vogels, Manyika, it's, Google's, Gemma AI, Emmanuel Macron, Eric Schmidt, Yann LeCun, Macron, Matt Calkins, Appian, Calkins Organizations: Getty, France —, Viva Tech, Amazon Chief, Google, Technology, Society, Regulators, Big Tech, European Union, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Elysee, CNBC Locations: PARIS, France, Paris, Jakarta, Indonesia, View , California, U.S

☆ Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has an easy solution to the terrifying idea of AI with free will
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

At VivaTech in Paris, Eric Schmidt shared some unsettling predictions about the dangers of AI. The former Google CEO said if computers developed free will, "we're going to unplug them." AdvertisementEric Schmidt made some unsettling predictions Wednesday about AI while speaking at the annual VivaTech conference in Paris. Schmidt acknowledged that the development of AI posed dangers but said the biggest threats hadn't arrived yet. If and when those threats do materialize, Schmidt seems to think the world will have a way to deal with it.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, —, he's, Schmidt, hadn't Organizations: Google, Service, Business Locations: VivaTech, Paris

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