(Reuters) -Meta staffers have had discussions with Alphabet's Google Cloud about the possibility of using its Gemini models to improve the Facebook parent's ad business, the Information reported on Thursday. The talks are still in relatively early stages and may not result in an agreement, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the conversations. Alphabet declined to comment, while Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The Meta employees have proposed fine-tuning r ...

Meta staffers have had discussions with Alphabet's Google Cloud about the possibility of using its Gemini models to improve the Facebook parent's ad business, the Information reported on Thursday. ...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has had discussions with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) about using the latter's Gemini artificial intelligence models to boost the former's ad targeting, The Information reported. Meta shares fell 0.5% in post-market trading after the news, while Google shares ...

Alphabet TodayGOOGLAlphabet$245.79 -1.35 (-0.55%) 52-Week Range$140.53▼$256.00Dividend Yield0.34%P/E Ratio26.18Price Target$232.90Add to WatchlistAlphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL has staged one of the most impressive rebounds in the market this year. After lagging behind many of its tech peers and broader indexes for much of the first half of 2024, the stock has flipped the script. Today, GOOGL is up 76% from its 52-week low, 45% over the past quarter, and more than 30% year-to-date. That rally has rewarded patient ...

AI infrastructure firm Fluidstack has entered a three billion dollar agreement to provide 168 MW of critical IT load to cryptocurrency mining company Cipher. Under the arrangement, Google will backstop $1.4 billion of Fluidstack’s lease obligations in exchange for approximately 24 million shares of Cipher common stock, giving the Mountain View company a 5.4% stake. Google Expands Crypto Mining Infrastructure Investments The deal is for 10 years with provisions for two five-year extension options. Accord ...

Wall Street is slowly coming around to Google's AI advantages, but one analyst is going so far as to say Alphabet is the "best-positioned†company to dominate in AI. ...

The case could rewrite the rules on how businesses make money on Google's smartphone operating system. ...

Google and app developer Flo Health will pay $56 million to settle a class action claiming they violated the privacy of millions of Flo app users by collecting information about their menstrual health... ...

Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR) announced a landmark 10-year colocation agreement with AI cloud platform Fluidstack worth roughly $3 billion in contracted revenue. The agreement will see Cipher deliver 168 megawatts (MW) of critical IT load at its Barber Lake site in Colorado City, Texas by September 2026, with capacity expandable up to 500 MW. Including two optional five-year extensions, the deal could generate up to $7 billion in total revenue. Cipher said the project will operate at an estimated 80% to 85 ...

Google DeepMind (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unveiled two new artificial intelligence models on Thursday that the tech company says will allow robots to utilize the internet to perform certain tasks. The models, known as Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5, will allow the ...