Google: Buying Before Getting Regulated?
August 5, 2020
DarkCyber noted that Google is borrowing $10 billion. Yep, the Google. You can get some info in this article. The Google may be lined up to buy ADT, a home security outfit, and other acquisitions are likely to be in the works. Will the money be used to improve search and retrieval, invest in staff to reignite innovation, or wordsmithing.
DarkCyber noted that the online ad giant has spawned a new buzzword: Quantum AI. DarkCyber is not exactly sure what “quantum” means. DarkCyber is not exactly sure what “AI” or artificial intelligence means. That’s irrelevant.
According to “Google Scientist Hartmut Neven Coined the Term Quantum AI. This Year, He Achieved His Biggest Breakthrough Yet”:
The quantum project has posed new challenges, such as how to cool a processor to near absolute-zero temperatures using liquid helium. But Neven has always thrived on the edge. He was among the first to connect the AI revolution currently in full swing and quantum advances yet to come. “I’m guilty of having popularized the terms quantum machine learning and quantum AI,” he says. “Now there are whole sections of departments at universities that do quantum machine learning.”
Yep, Google’s ability to craft jargon and generate clicks has nosed ahead of relevance and organic innovation.
Amazon and Facebook are likely to be looking in their rearview mirrors to make sure Google’s headlights are still receding. Yep, Google is slowing down to gather up companies before the regulators put sleeping police on the information highway’s acquisition collectors.
Stephen E Arnold, August 5, 2020
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