Sergei Brin: Silicon Valley has outgrown the time of being ‘wide-eyed and idealistic’ about tech and needs to show ‘responsibility, care and humility’ (GOOG, GOOGL)

Google cofounder Sergei Brin wrote Alphabet’s 2017 annual Founders Letter. Brin said artificial intelligence advances represent the most significant computing development in his lifetime. But he warned that tech companies have a responsbility to consider the impact of their advances on society, a chage in tone.  Sergei Brin, the cof0under of Google, stressed the need […]

Futurist David Brin: Get ready for the ‘first robotic empathy crisis’

Science fiction author and astrophysicist David Brin believes humans have a range of options to consider to prevent artificial intelligence from ruling over people the way kings and foreign invaders. Asimov’s Three Law of Robotics and regulation are key, but so is being wary of manipulation. “The first robotic empathy crisis is going to happen very soon,” Brin […]

Bloomberg: Google co-founder Sergey Brin has a ‘secret airship’

A couple of days ago we got a good look at a “flying car” backed by Google’s Larry Page, and now Bloomberg reports that Sergey Brin has a project too — it’s a zeppelin. The airship “which isn’t an Alphabet project” is being built in a leased hangar at the NASA Ames Research Center, although […]

Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Spotted At San Francisco Protest Over Trump’s Immigration Action

Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and current president of Alphabet, has been spotted in San Francisco protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration action. Brin, whose parents emigrated from Russia when he was 5, was spotted at the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday night protesting Trump’s decision. Many organizations and groups have protested President […]