Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for the cuts, in an internal email. The cuts will affect 6% of Alphabet’s workforce worldwide, in teams including recruitment and engineering.
Breast cancer is an increasing problem in low and middle-income countries, but screening programmes for early detection are rare. A company in India has developed a cheaper, non-invasive test that uses thermal imaging and AI.
A company in the Netherlands is using artificial intelligence to produce personalised perfumes. The ScenTronix system asks a series of questions and then uses those responses to generate and dispense three scents.
It’s a new hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine affectionately known as “baby number two” that could help to decarbonise some of Australia’s heaviest industries.