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U.S. Lawsuit Against Google Could Benefit Apple and Others

A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google over its dominance of advertising technology could help rivals and websites that sell ad space, but leaves an uncertain future for the advertisers themselves, experts told Reuters. The Justice Department’s complaint against Google on Tuesday called for the company to divest Google Ad Manager, […]

Exclusive: Google Launches Anti-Misinformation Campaign in India

Google’s Jigsaw subsidiary is launching a new anti-misinformation project in India, aimed at preventing misleading information that has been blamed for inciting violence, a top executive said. The initiative will use “prebunking” videos – designed to counter false claims before they become widespread – circulated on the company’s YouTube platform and other social media sites. […]

Google Imagen AI Image Generator in a Nutshell

Google is coming into the AI-image generator space, and its coming in storm. Google is releasing its text-to-image AI algorithms with utmost caution. Google hasn’t made the system accessible to the general public, despite the fact that the company’s Imagen model generates results comparable – if not surpassing – in quality to OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 […]

Google Search Ads Beat Targets Despite Global 'Uncertainty'

Google search ads lifted parent Alphabet Inc close to Wall Street sales expectations on Tuesday, sending shares up on relief that the world’s biggest seller of online advertising may withstand a global recession better than smaller rivals. A trio of Alphabet executives sounded caution on a call with investment analysts, using “uncertain” or “uncertainty” at […]

Google Targeted in Fresh EU Consumer Groups' Privacy Complaints

Alphabet unit Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users’ personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday. In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia […]

Google Engineer Suspended over Reporting Company's LaMDA AI Chatbot to be Sentient

According to The Washington Post, Blake Lemoine, a member of Google’s Responsible AI organization, started speaking with LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, as part of his job. He had agreed to participate in the experiment to see if the AI used hateful or discriminating language but came to a disturbing conclusion after sharing his conversation […]

Russia Opens Cases Against Google, Other Foreign Tech Over Data Storage

Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had opened administrative cases against Alphabet Inc’s Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violations of personal data legislation. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that has erupted into a full-on information battle since […]

Faurecia-Aptoide Signs up Mercedes in Infotainment Win over Google

Mercedes-Benz will use embedded Faurecia-Aptoide technology to power navigation and other vehicle infotainment functions in a crucial win for the app provider against Alphabet Inc’s Google and other technology firms to control car dashboards. The companies said on Thursday that under a multi-year partnership, from 2023 the joint venture between auto supplier Faurecia and independent […]