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After hours:
| Previous Close | 167.63 |
| Open | 169.04 |
| Bid | 165.44 x 100 |
| Ask | 165.61 x 100 |
| Day's Range | 165.03 - 169.41 |
| 52 Week Range | 121.46 - 193.31 |
| Volume | |
| Avg. Volume | 17,641,179 |
| Market Cap | 2.026T |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.05 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 23.74 |
| EPS (TTM) | 6.97 |
| Earnings Date | Oct 22, 2024 - Oct 28, 2024 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.80 (0.48%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 1y Target Est | 179.81 |
- TechCrunch
DeepMind workers sign letter in protest of Google's defense contracts
At least 200 workers at DeepMind, Google's AI R&D division, are displeased with Google's reported defense contracts -- and according to Time, they circulated a letter internally back in May to say as much. The letter, dated May 16, says the undersigned are concerned by "Google’s contracts with military organizations," citing articles about the tech giant's contracts to supply AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli military. "Any involvement with military and weapon manufacturing impacts
ReutersGoogle appoints former Character.AI founder as co-lead of its AI models
Google has appointed Noam Shazeer, the former head of startup Character.AI and before that a long-time Google researcher, to co-lead its main AI project. Shazeer will serve as a technical lead on Gemini, joining the other co-leaders Jeff Dean and Oriol Vinyals, the company said in a memo to staff. Gemini is the line of AI models being developed by DeepMind, Google's AI division, and which are being integrated into products such as Search and Pixel smartphones.
Associated Press FinanceGoogle agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal
Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. The agreement, which was hashed out behind closed doors and announced this week, will direct tens of millions of public and private dollars to keep local news organizations afloat. California lawmakers agreed to kill a bill requiring tech to support news outlets they profit from in exchange for Google's financial commitment.
