2 months ago
The Kering Foundation raised over $5 million at its fifth annual Caring for Women dinner, supporting four organisations working to end violence against women and children: Activating Change, Fondo Semillas, JBWS and The New York Women's Foundation.
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We've already seen the celebrities wearing Gucci, so here is a look at the other guests, with Valentino, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga dominating a night where black was clearly the unofficial dress code.
Thank goodness for the cut-outs, because they are doing a lot of work here. Dakota Johnson's Valentino gown features a frontless-and-backless construction that could easily have been lost in black, but the flashes of skin allow you to appreciate exactly how the dress has been engineered.
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#getty #valentino
Noam Galai/Getty Images for Kering Foundation
We've already seen the celebrities wearing Gucci, so here is a look at the other guests, with Valentino, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga dominating a night where black was clearly the unofficial dress code.
Thank goodness for the cut-outs, because they are doing a lot of work here. Dakota Johnson's Valentino gown features a frontless-and-backless construction that could easily have been lost in black, but the flashes of skin allow you to appreciate exactly how the dress has been engineered.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images
#getty #valentino
2 months ago
The Kering Foundation hosted its fifth annual Caring for Women Dinner in New York, with a guest list that included several familiar faces in Gucci. Host committee members Pamela Anderson and Nacho Figueras were joined by Camila Morrone, Paris Hilton, Alix Earle, Rita Ora, Cindy Bruna, Alex Consani, Bethann Hardison and more.
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After a run of five colourful looks at the Venice Film Festival, Pamela Anderson switched gears in a Gucci Primavera long-sleeve jersey dress, styled with black pumps and a silver crystal-embellished clutch.
Does she look good? Yes. But I think this also confirms that bolder colours work better for her. After seeing how much those shades enlivened her Venice wardrobe, I find myself instantly missing the colour here.
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#foundation
Noam Galai/Getty Images for Kering Foundation
After a run of five colourful looks at the Venice Film Festival, Pamela Anderson switched gears in a Gucci Primavera long-sleeve jersey dress, styled with black pumps and a silver crystal-embellished clutch.
Does she look good? Yes. But I think this also confirms that bolder colours work better for her. After seeing how much those shades enlivened her Venice wardrobe, I find myself instantly missing the colour here.
Mike Coppola/Getty Images
#foundation
3 months ago
Demis Hassabis, the ****** el Prize-winning co-founder of Google DeepMind, is stepping down from running the AI lab day-to-day. He's becoming DeepMind's chairman and taking on a new role as Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s chief scientist, while Koray Kavukcuoglu, DeepMind's US-based chief technology officer, takes over operations as senior vice president reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai, without the CEO ****** le. The same week, longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean left along with three other senior researchers to launch a new startup called Discovery Loop. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shares fell 4% on the news.
The reorganization lands at a rough moment when Gemini 3.5 Pro has now missed three release deadlines while Anthropic and OpenAI keep shipping. That leaves investors wondering whether this is a smart restructuring meant to fix a stalling AI effort or a sign Google's AI leadership is unraveling right when it can least afford it.
Even if Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google isn't leading on raw model intelligence, it still has advantages few rivals can match: its own cloud business, custom TPU chips, and distribution across products used by billions of people, backed by $132 billion in net income last year. Artificial ****** ysis CEO Micah Hill-Smith argued Google "could end up doing very well" in the AI race overall because of that broader ecosystem, even without the top model. Kavukcuoglu was already more involved than Hassabis in DeepMind's work with Google Cloud, and people close to the cloud division reportedly welcomed his promotion as a sign the company will prioritize shipping products over pure research. That kind of tighter focus is exactly what several DeepMind engineers say has been missing on coding and agentic AI.
This management swap also means the company is losing a lot of its smartest people. Jeff Dean, Noam Shazeer, and John Jumper have all left within months of each other, and current employees describe deep frustration over sustained 60-hour work weeks, plus a controversial Pentagon defense deal that triggered resignations and sparked the first unionization drive at a frontier AI lab. More than 580 employees signed an open letter urging Pichai to reconsider the deal. Google's models "are currently not competitive with the bleeding edge" on intelligence and coding benchmarks. On top of that, Gemini 3.5 Pro remains unreleased after three missed deadlines even as rivals keep pace. Some employees describe the reorganization as a shift of power away from London toward Mountain View, undermining DeepMind's independence at precisely the moment it needs clear direction.
#googl #cloud #people #employees
The reorganization lands at a rough moment when Gemini 3.5 Pro has now missed three release deadlines while Anthropic and OpenAI keep shipping. That leaves investors wondering whether this is a smart restructuring meant to fix a stalling AI effort or a sign Google's AI leadership is unraveling right when it can least afford it.
Even if Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google isn't leading on raw model intelligence, it still has advantages few rivals can match: its own cloud business, custom TPU chips, and distribution across products used by billions of people, backed by $132 billion in net income last year. Artificial ****** ysis CEO Micah Hill-Smith argued Google "could end up doing very well" in the AI race overall because of that broader ecosystem, even without the top model. Kavukcuoglu was already more involved than Hassabis in DeepMind's work with Google Cloud, and people close to the cloud division reportedly welcomed his promotion as a sign the company will prioritize shipping products over pure research. That kind of tighter focus is exactly what several DeepMind engineers say has been missing on coding and agentic AI.
This management swap also means the company is losing a lot of its smartest people. Jeff Dean, Noam Shazeer, and John Jumper have all left within months of each other, and current employees describe deep frustration over sustained 60-hour work weeks, plus a controversial Pentagon defense deal that triggered resignations and sparked the first unionization drive at a frontier AI lab. More than 580 employees signed an open letter urging Pichai to reconsider the deal. Google's models "are currently not competitive with the bleeding edge" on intelligence and coding benchmarks. On top of that, Gemini 3.5 Pro remains unreleased after three missed deadlines even as rivals keep pace. Some employees describe the reorganization as a shift of power away from London toward Mountain View, undermining DeepMind's independence at precisely the moment it needs clear direction.
#googl #cloud #people #employees
4 months ago
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 Best AI Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years.
On June 25, 2026, Jack Henry and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud announced an expanded collaboration to deliver AI-driven security capabilities for banks and credit unions. Jack Henry will use Google Cloud's "agentic defense products" to build a proprietary AI security platform for the financial services ecosystem. The company said the initiative is aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for financial institutions while improving operational efficiency.
Also on June 25, two artificial intelligence researchers at Google were planning to leave for Anthropic, Bloomberg's Julia Love, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Rachel Metz reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, described as key contributors to Google's Gemini AI model, are set to move to the maker of Claude. The report also noted that Google had recently lost John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazeer to OpenAI.
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On June 24, Argus kept a Buy rating and $440 price target on Alphabet, citing strong results, investments in compute infrastructure and generative AI, rapid growth at Google Cloud and YouTube, and what it views as an attractive valuation.
On June 25, 2026, Jack Henry and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud announced an expanded collaboration to deliver AI-driven security capabilities for banks and credit unions. Jack Henry will use Google Cloud's "agentic defense products" to build a proprietary AI security platform for the financial services ecosystem. The company said the initiative is aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for financial institutions while improving operational efficiency.
Also on June 25, two artificial intelligence researchers at Google were planning to leave for Anthropic, Bloomberg's Julia Love, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Rachel Metz reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, described as key contributors to Google's Gemini AI model, are set to move to the maker of Claude. The report also noted that Google had recently lost John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazeer to OpenAI.
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On June 24, Argus kept a Buy rating and $440 price target on Alphabet, citing strong results, investments in compute infrastructure and generative AI, rapid growth at Google Cloud and YouTube, and what it views as an attractive valuation.
4 months ago
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 15 AI Stocks ***** ysts Are Watching: Microsoft, Nvidia, and More.
One of the leading AI stocks ***** ysts are watching, ***** ysts at Citizens have recently flagged Alphabet over renewed concerns related to the company's ability to retain top AI talent. On June 22, Citizens ***** yst Andrew Boone reiterated a Market Outperform rating on the stock with a $515.00 price target.
Even though Citizens reiterated a positive rating, its commentary is solely focused on the risk ***** ociated with talent leaving for competitors. The firm noted how former Character.ai founder and current VP of Engineer at Google, Noam Shazeer, is leaving Alphabet to join OpenAI.
The firm particularly highlighted how Alphabet had paid $2.7 billion to license Character.ai's technology, giving them access to both the technology and team. However, Shazeer's reported switch to OpenAI reflects how even such arrangements don't necessarily guarantee an important employee's stay over the longer term.
Looking back, the bear case on Google from two to three years ago was that it would lose talent to OpenAI and Anthropic and would not be able to catch up in AI development. The ***** yst continues to monitor executive movement for that reason.
One of the leading AI stocks ***** ysts are watching, ***** ysts at Citizens have recently flagged Alphabet over renewed concerns related to the company's ability to retain top AI talent. On June 22, Citizens ***** yst Andrew Boone reiterated a Market Outperform rating on the stock with a $515.00 price target.
Even though Citizens reiterated a positive rating, its commentary is solely focused on the risk ***** ociated with talent leaving for competitors. The firm noted how former Character.ai founder and current VP of Engineer at Google, Noam Shazeer, is leaving Alphabet to join OpenAI.
The firm particularly highlighted how Alphabet had paid $2.7 billion to license Character.ai's technology, giving them access to both the technology and team. However, Shazeer's reported switch to OpenAI reflects how even such arrangements don't necessarily guarantee an important employee's stay over the longer term.
Looking back, the bear case on Google from two to three years ago was that it would lose talent to OpenAI and Anthropic and would not be able to catch up in AI development. The ***** yst continues to monitor executive movement for that reason.
