Alphabet’s Project Genie Brings AI World Building Closer to Investors

Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL) introduced Project Genie, an AI tool that lets users create interactive 3D digital worlds. The ...

Alphabet Weighs Waymo Funding And Project Genie Against Valuation And Risks

Waymo, Alphabet's self driving unit, is reportedly close to securing a $16b funding round that would value the business at about $110b. The funding talks follow a robotaxi incident involving a child, ...
Engadget

Alphabet's Taara chip uses light beams to provide high-speed internet

Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity, even in far-flung locations. Taara's general manager, Mahesh Krishnaswamy ...
SDxCentral

Bharti Airtel and Alphabet's Taara project will use lasers for rural Internet in India

Indian telco Bharti Airtel and Google's parent Alphabet project are planning to use lasers to bring Internet services to remote parts of India. Taara, a project from Alphabet's X moonshot labs, aims ...
TechCrunch

Alphabet is increasingly launching ‘moonshot’ projects as independent companies — here’s why

Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is shifting how it brings ambitious technology projects to market, increasingly spinning them out as independent companies rather than keeping them within the Alphabet ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Alphabet-Led AI Project to Shield New Zealand Grid From Outages

A consortium of four utilities will join an Alphabet Inc.-led initiative that uses artificial intelligence to fortify New Zealand's grid against failures caused by extreme weather or earthquakes. The ...