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Google employees also think the Bard launch was ‘botched’ and ‘rushed’
Google employees aren’t holding back about the substandard launch of ChatGPT competitor Bard.
According to CNBC, which viewed the posts, staffers have been posting memes on Google’s internal forum Memegen about how the launch of the generative AI tool was handled, directly calling out CEO Sundar Pichai for the misstep. Memes which got a lot of upvotes included a picture of Pichai and said “Dear Sundar, the Bard launch and the layoffs were rushed, botched, and myopic.” One said “Sundar, and leadership, deserve a Perf NI,” which refers to the lowest score on Google’s internal evaluation system. “They are being comically short sighted and un-Googlely in their pursuit of ‘sharpening focus.'”
Another meme which included an image a bird doing a facepalm said “Rushing Bard to market in a panic validated the market’s fear about us.”
Google employees’ criticism echoes how Bard’s launch was received by the public. A day before Microsoft announced “the new Bing” powered by OpenAI’s popular chatbot technology, Google pre-empted this by announcing Bard. Yet, the blog post detailing the announcement was vague about its capabilities and timing of its release.
The day after Microsoft’s event, Google hosted its own event. The main purpose of the event was to highlight new features in Google Maps and Google Search, but it also wedged in a brief mention of Bard in light of Microsoft’s news. Google didn’t share much more detail about Bard, which further disappointed people expecting a strong counter response. That, combined with reports of Bard’s inaccuracy surfacing during the event, made Google look uncharacteristically unprepared and dropped Alphabet’s stock shares down by more than 9 percent.
Last month, Google laid off 12,000 of it employees, which underscored the frustration and resentment bubbling up in the internal forum. A meme of actor Nicolas Cage smiling said, “Firing 12k people rises the stock by 3%, one rushed AI presentation drops it by 8%.”
So now, it looks like Google is tasked with launching a generative AI tool that’s better than ChatGPT and winning back the approval of its employees.
Ubisoft botched a ‘Division 2’ fix so badly it broke its ability to update the game
Gamers are no strangers to delayed seasons, but The Division 2 players are in a particularly awkward situation. Ubisoft has revealed that a development “error” has broken the shared-world shooter’s build generation system, and thus the studio’s ability to update the game. The team not only can’t introduce the new season it delayed last week, but can’t extend the outgoing one until it repairs the build functionality.
Ubisoft says it has made “good progress” in fixing the issue in recent days, and there are hints a solution is in sight. The company is in the midst of a three-hour “unscheduled maintenance” session as we write this, and it’s using the downtime to fix problems that include an inability to make seasonal in-game purchases. The servers should be back online around 1PM Eastern if there are no complications.
A message from #TheDivision2 team. pic.twitter.com/KuPiz7t9PL
— Tom Clancy’s The Division (@TheDivisionGame) February 9, 2023
The timing is particularly bad for this issue. Ubisoft recently cancelled three games in response to sinking revenue, and workers at its Paris studio went on strike last month to protest what they say are unfair working conditions. Things aren’t going smoothly at the publisher, and it may be a while before there’s a degree of stability.
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Virgin Orbit’s botched launch highlights shaky financial future
Virgin Orbit’s much-hyped launch from Cornwall, U.K. on Monday ended in failure, with the company announcing that the mission experienced an “anomaly” that prevented the rocket from reaching orbit. The “Start Me Up” mission attracted much attention; not only was it the company’s sixth launch, it was also billed as the first-ever space flight from […]
Virgin Orbit’s botched launch highlights shaky financial future by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Hundreds of NHS patients paid compensation after limbs were amputated due to botched care
MORE than four patients a week are being compensated by the NHS after claiming botched care left them losing a limb, unable to see or suffering from cosmetic scarring.
In the last five years the NHS has paid out compensation to 605 patients who suffered needless amputations, 315 who were left blind after poor hospital care and 162 who sustained cosmetic injuries as a result of negligent treatment.
Officials said there were another 162 cases where people were compensated after claiming botched care led to them suffering cosmetic disfigurement[/caption]
There were also 314 successful claims where patients said poor care had led to them losing their sight[/caption]
The compensation bill to all these people from NHS Resolution has now reached £276million – meaning these cases are costing the NHS more than £150,000 every day.
The biggest group of claimants were people who won legal cases against hospitals saying negligent care meant they had to have an amputation.
In total over the last five years there were 605 payouts to people who had lost a limb with the compensation totalling £189million, meaning the average payout for the loss of an arm, foot or leg was more than £300,000.
Ayanle Omer received a £2.35million payout last year after he had to have his leg amputated when medics failed to spot he had developed sepsis which almost killed him.
Ayanle’s lawyers claimed medics and Northwick Park Hospital, in London, did not spot the clear signs of sepsis while he was suffering from pain in his leg and ankle.
He ended up in a coma, and eventually underwent a dozen operations including the removal of his right leg.
There were also 314 successful claims where patients said poor care had led to them losing their sight, which resulted in payouts of £80m, meaning the average compensation cheque of £255,000.
Officials said there were another 162 cases where people were compensated after claiming botched care led to them suffering cosmetic disfigurement.
These people were paid a total of £7m, meaning the average claim for this type of scarring was around £40,000.
John McQuater, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said: “Compensation exists to help get injured patient’s lives back on track, and to meet their additional needs.
It is never a windfall, nor a reward for being a victim of negligence.
“Patients should be able to expect to receive treatment and not end up losing their limbs or their sight when it could be avoided. But when the worst happens, the appropriate routes to redress should always be available.”
An NHS spokesperson said: “Incidents like these are extremely rare, however when they do happen, the NHS is committed to learning from them to improve care for future patients.”