Once AI systems start to self-improve their capabilities, ensuring they remain safe will require someone who is ready and able to shut them down, according to Silicon Valley veteran Eric Schmidt.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have banded together with some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest moguls to create a new, pro-business organization that is poised to lobby ...

Schmidt's startup, White Stork, is developing drones for Ukraine to use in its war with Russia. AI drones are a growing trend in military innovation, as is tech to counter them. Former Google CEO Eric ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is trying to do for astronomy what cheap cloud computing did for software, backing a space telescope larger than Hubble at a cost he describes as “ridiculously” low ...

Flexible working can harm learning and competitiveness, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said, after previously criticizing his old company's approach to "work-life balance," then walking back the ...

Eric Schmidt, the billionaire investor and former CEO of Google, said it’s time for the US military to do away with tanks, artillery and mortars in favor of aerial drones similar to the ones that he ...

The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.

LATEST Aug. 14, 4:10 p.m. After former Google CEO Eric Schmidt made headlines this week for criticizing the tech giant’s work policies, he offered a mea culpa. “I misspoke about Google and their work ...

Co-founder Larry Page to take Eric Schmidt's place as Google CEO in April. Jan. 20, 2011— -- After 10 years as CEO of tech giant Google, Eric Schmidt announced today that he is stepping down from ...

The tech giant's executive chairman gets more than 8 hours of sleep a day. — -- Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman and former chief executive, makes it his routine to get 8.5 hours of ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says human-directed AI-controlled drones are the future of war. Schmidt's startup, White Stork, is developing drones for Ukraine to use in its war with Russia. AI drones ...