Erin Woo

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Erin Woo is a reporter covering Google and Alphabet for The Information. She previously covered social media for The Information, and venture capital and startups at The New York Times. She was part of a team that won a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing award for coverage of OpenAI in 2023. A graduate of Stanford University, she lives in San Francisco and can be reached at @erinkwoo.07 on Signal, [email protected] and at @erinkwoo on X.

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Gemini Chatbot Engineering VP Departs Google Amid AI Reorg

While usage of Google’s Gemini chatbot has grown dramatically over the past six months, it still trails ChatGPT.

Google Reportedly Plans to Cut Ties with Scale AI After Meta Deal

The decision, while not surprising, would still result in a blow to Scale’s business.

Google Cloud Experiences Major Outage

Google Cloud on Thursday experienced a major outage that impacted several services globally, according to a Google website tracking the status of its products.

Google Agrees to Spend $500 Million in Shareholder Settlement over Antitrust Claims

The settlement doesn’t settle the antitrust cases the Justice Department has won against Google over the past year, on search and advertising technology.

Judge Questions Restrictions on AI in Google Search Closing Arguments

The judge called a potential Chrome divestiture “a little cleaner and a little more elegant and a little less speculative” than some of the other remedies proposed.