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- Try to boycott #Google, there are other search engines. #SergeyBrin, co-founder of #Alphabet, which owns Google, #Gmail, #Android, and #YouTube. #DuckDuckGo, for example, has been recommended by a supporter.
- Boycott #Apple Products! #TimCook, CEO and major shareholder of Apple, donated to Trump’s inauguration and is reported to have developed a "personal relationship" with Trump.
- Don’t shop at #Walmart! Walmart, owned by the ultra-rich #Walton family, pays its employees so poorly that many of them are on food stamps.
- Don’t shop at #Target! Target, which has stopped selling #LGBTQ merchandise due to right wing pressure."

from Laura for the #350org #BayArea Action team (2/2)

Sergey Brin wzywa pracowników Google do powrotu do biur: „Wyścig o AGI wymaga większego wysiłku”

Sergey Brin, współzałożyciel Google, zaapelował do pracowników firmy o częstsze pojawianie się w biurach i zwiększenie wysiłków w pracy nad sztuczną inteligencją.

Jak donosi The New York Times, w wewnętrznym komunikacie skierowanym do zespołu Gemini – linii produktów AI Google – Brin napisał, że „rekomenduje obecność w biurze co najmniej w każdy dzień roboczy” i wskazał, że „60 godzin tygodniowo to idealny punkt produktywności”. Tak, dobrze przeczytaliście: 60 godzin tygodniowo.

Brin, który od 2023 roku aktywniej angażuje się w rozwój AI w Google, podkreślił, że konkurencja w wyścigu o sztuczną ogólną inteligencję (AGI) – systemy dorównujące lub przewyższające ludzkie zdolności – znacząco przyspieszyła. „Mamy wszystkie składniki, by wygrać ten wyścig, ale musimy mocno przyspieszyć” – napisał, sugerując, że kluczem do sukcesu jest bliższa współpraca zespołów w warunkach biurowych.

Google ułatwia usuwanie danych osobowych z wyników wyszukiwania

Choć jego notatka teoretycznie nie zmienia wciąż oficjalnej polityki Google, która wymaga obecności w biurze przez trzy dni w tygodniu, wyraźnie wskazuje kierunek, w jakim zmierza firma w obliczu presji ze strony rywali, takich jak OpenAI.

Apel Brina wpisuje się w szerszy trend w Dolinie Krzemowej, gdzie giganci technologiczni, jak Amazon czy Twitter, również zaostrzyli politykę pracy stacjonarnej, widząc w niej sposób na zwiększenie efektywności. Czy Google pójdzie w ich ślady? Na razie pracownicy mogą traktować słowa Brina jako sugestię, ale jego powrót do aktywnej roli w firmie i nacisk na AGI wskazują, że rzeczywiste zmiany podejścia do pracowników i charakteru oraz formy świadczenia przez nich pracy mogą być tylko kwestią czasu.

Google wycofuje się z wykorzystania SMS do uwierzytelniania dwuskładnikowego w usłudze Gmail

#AI#Alphabet#Google

#BernieSanders Lays Out Plan to Fight #Oligarchy as Wealth of Top #Billionaires Passes $10 Trillion

"If there was ever a moment when #progressives needed to communicate our vision to the people of our country, this is that time," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Despair is not an option."

Jake Johnson
Dec 31, 2024

"A Bloomberg analysis of billionaire wealth published Tuesday found that the combined fortunes of the 500 richest people on the planet surpassed $10 trillion this year, a finding that came shortly after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued an urgent call to action to prevent the emergence of 'an oligarchic and authoritarian society.'

"The new analysis notes that the world's top 500 billionaires 'got vastly richer' this year with the help of "an indomitable rally in U.S. technology stocks."

"Just eight billionaires—#ElonMusk, #MarkZuckerberg, #JensenHuang, #LarryEllison, #JeffBezos, #MichaelDell, #LarryPage, and #SergeyBrin—added more than $600 billion to their collective wealth in 2024 and accounted for 43% of the $1.5 trillion increase in net worth among the world's 500 richest people, according to Bloomberg.

"'But it was Musk—the so-called 'first buddy' of President-elect Donald Trump after unprecedented support for his reelection campaign—who dominated the world's wealthiest in 2024,' Bloomberg observed, adding that Trump himself also saw his fortune surge to a record high this year, 'boosted by the performance of his majority stake in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.'

"Musk's use of his enormous fortune to influence the U.S. political system—including via his purchase of one of the world's largest social media platforms and donations to Trump's 2024 campaign—amplified existing concerns about the corrosive impact of massive wealth concentration on democracy.

"And #WealthInequality in the U.S. could soon get worse, with Trump and the incoming Republican-controlled Congress set to pursue another round of tax cuts for the #UltraRich and large #corporations."

Read more:
commondreams.org/news/bernie-s

Common Dreams · Sanders Lays Out Plan to Fight Oligarchy as Wealth of Top Billionaires Passes $10 Trillion | Common Dreams"If there was ever a moment when progressives needed to communicate our vision to the people of our country, this is that time," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Despair is not an option."

Just who we need for VP🤔

‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, #RFKJr’s Running Mate

Ms. Shanahan, a lawyer who was married to #SergeyBrin, a #Google founder, led a rarefied and sometimes turbulent life in Silicon Valley, according to a Times examination.

Ms. Shanahan partied with #SiliconValley’s elite and used recreational drugs including #Cocaine, #Ketamine and #Psychedelic #Mushrooms, according to eight people and documents reviewed by The New York Times. Ms. Shanahan and Mr. Brin separated after she had a sexual encounter with Elon #Musk in 2021, three of the people said.

nytimes.com/2024/05/22/technol

The New York Times · Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s Running MateBy Kirsten Grind

The world’s most popular search engine started as a research project by #LarryPage and #SergeyBrin when they were both doctoral students at #StanfordUniversity in the late 1990s.

Working from their dorm rooms, the two developed a new algorithm for #SearchEngines that ranked #websites based on the number of other websites that linked to them, which they called #PageRank.

#Google turns 25: A look at the world’s top performing searches | Technology News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/4/go

"Some 86 years after the Hindenburg disaster, LTA Research wants to bring back airships, this time with funding from Sergey Brin. The billionaire and co-founder of Google has quietly helped modernize a long-forgotten form of flight-one that could be used to transport cargo or assist during humanitarian relief missions. Ashlee Vance got an exclusive look at their prototype."

#LTA #LighterThanAir #RigidAirship #Dirigible #Zeppelin #SergeyBrin #BackToTheFuture

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