- Google said full-time employees can book a room at an on-campus hotel in Mountain View for $99 a night in what it’s deeming a “Summer Special.”
- “Just imagine no commute to the office in the morning and instead, you could have an extra hour of sleep and less friction,” the description reads.
- The company has been cracking down on office attendance in recent weeks.
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- AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have made voluntary commitments to the White House to implement measures such as watermarking AI-generated content to help make the technology safer, President Joe Biden announced on Friday.
- "These commitments are a promising step but we have a lot more work to do together," Biden said.
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- Seven top artificial intelligence companies, including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, will convene at the White House on Friday.
- They’re pledging to create ways for consumers to identify AI-generated materials and test their tools for security before public release.
- The commitments are part of an effort from the White House to ensure AI is developed with appropriate safeguards, while not hindering innovation.
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- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will delay production at its new Arizona-based chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor, the company’s chairman said on its second quarter earnings call Thursday.
- Apple has said it plans use computer chips built at that plant.
- TSMC’s chairman said the company is working to send trained technicians from Taiwan to train local workers to help accelerate equipment installation.
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- Netflix has removed its basic, ad-free plan from its list of options for new subscribers in the U.S. and U.K.
- The move comes shortly after Netflix’s introduction of its cheaper, ad-supported option.
- Netflix has also begun rolling out its password-sharing policy, pushing freeloaders to pay for their own accounts.
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