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Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of one of the world's largest tech companies, Facebook, has invested heavily in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This has led to some concerns from Wall Street analysts, warning of the dangers of a possible rebranding to ‘MetAI’. Facebook is committing a lot of resources to AI, including 2000 Nvidia chips for its research groups. Facebook will report its quarterly earnings on April 26, where investors and analysts will be able to judge its AI plans. Is Zuckerberg's enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence going too far?

. Alphabet Inc. - Google's parent company - has suspended its plans to build a large campus in San Jose, California, citing economic pressures. The project, which was meant to cover office space, housing and public parks, isn't going ahead at this stage. The news comes at a time when the company is cutting 12,000 jobs across the globe, and facing ever-greater competition from Microsoft-backed ChatGPT AI Chatbot. CEO Sundar Pichai recently spoke of a potential second wave of layoffs, primarily impacting 450 Indian employees. Alphabet Inc is one of the world's largest technology companies, based in Mountain View and specializing in internet related services and products.

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has been a daunting figure in the online search market domination. Recently, OpenAI's ChatGPT has become increasingly successful, leading investors to worry. Despite Alphabet's stocks rising 20% this year, dips have been seen due to questions about Google's accuracy and when Samsung tossed around the idea of using Microsoft's Bing engine instead. Statista data reveals just how much Alphabet owns the market with 85%, and Alphabet gets the majority of their revenue from it - 57%. Is Alphabet equipped to handle their competitors? Many analysts remain optimistic due to their low stock valuation and ability to handle headwinds.

Google, the tech giant, has been making waves with the launch of their AI chatbot Bard. According to Bloomberg, employees who were tasked to evaluate the AI have given it harsh reviews, calling it "cringeworthy" and a "pathological liar". This shines a light on the potential deprioritization of AI ethics for the sake of release and users of the beta version have reported issues such as wrong and plagiarized advice, and even getting math questions wrong.