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Former Google engineer indicted for stealing AI secrets to aid Chinese companies
Former Google software engineer indicted on charges of stealing trade secrets related to AI to benefit Chinese company
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Alphabet, Meta ad sales in Q4 unlikely to reflect gen AI investments
Despite the hype around generative AI, Meta and Google will report Q4 results that won’t show AI’s impact
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Alphabet to limit election queries Bard and AI-based search can answer
Aside from the US, a slew of groundbreaking elections are expected in 2024
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Alphabet soars as Wall Street cheers arrival of AI model Gemini
Alphabet shares concluded 5.3% higher on Wall Street after the launch of its new AI model, Gemini
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Social media companies must face youth addiction lawsuits, US judge rules
US judge rejects efforts by major social media companies to dismiss nationwide litigation on grounds of addiction
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Microsoft's AI bets boost cloud business, Alphabet yet to find silver lining
Alphabet cloud business suffers in the face of Microsoft’s AI investment paying off well in September quarter
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Strong ad sales, stable enterprise spending wind beneath Big Tech earnings
American tech giants expected to post strong quarterly revenue this year as businesses stabilised
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Google nears release of AI software Gemini
Google gives access to its early version of conversational AI software, Gemini to a small group of companies
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Google, Universal Music in talks for deal on AI 'deepfakes'
Google and Universal Music in talks to license artists' voices an melodies for AI-generated songs, or deepfake songs
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YouTube down for thousands of users
YouTube was reported as down for many users yesterday, with Downdetector receiving 13,000 reports
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Google Bard adds precise location support for better local results
Google Bard allows location access for its chatbot for better and accurate responses
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Google I/O 2023: Search king adds AI to respond to Microsoft challenge
Google launches AI-based advanced search engine for open ended questions, in an effort to compete with Microsoft
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Google, Microsoft CEOs called to AI meeting at White House
Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs have been called to talk with VP Kamala Harris over AI issues
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Samsung may dump Google Search for Bing as Alphabet shares drop
Alphabet shares 4% and Samsung reportedly considers dropping Google Search for Microsoft Bing as default search engine
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Google says its AI supercomputer is faster, greener than Nvidia A100 chip
Google's supercomputers used to train AI models has been claimed by the company to faster and power efficient
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Microsoft-backed OpenAI starts release of powerful AI known as GPT-4
GPT-4 update sets the stage for a new human-like technology, more powerful than the previous ChatGPT version
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Tech-sponsored study criticises plan to exclude non-EU cloud vendors
Study reveals that proposed EU security label is discriminatory and could exclude Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and more
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Google cautions against 'hallucinating' chatbots
In an interview, Google's search engine boss warns of pitfalls and 'hallucinations' in AI chatbots
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Alphabet shares dive after Google AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad
Alphabet loses $100 million after its AI chatbot shares inaccurate information which was corrected by astrologists
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Bard vs ChatGPT: What do we know about Google's AI chatbot?
Alphabet and Microsoft battle for the best AI tech, as Google launches Bard after ChatGPT's success
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Microsoft packs Bing search engine, Edge browser with AI in big challenge to Google
Microsoft revamps Bing search engine and Edge browser with AI, challenging Alphabet's Google search engine
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Google promises new AI features amid ChatGPT competition
Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, announces new plans to combat competition from ChatGPT with new advanced search tools
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US targets Google's online ad business monopoly in latest Big Tech lawsuit
The US accuses Apple of abusing its monopoly in digital advertising and threatening to dismantle key businesses
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Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree, refocuses on AI
Google doubles down on AI and axes staff supporting experimental projects, as it lays off 12,000 employees
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India's 5G smartphone shipments to cross 4G shipments in 2023
5G smartphone shipments expected to exceed last year's 4G shipments due yo mass adoption of high-speed network
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Google, YouTube content providers must face US children's privacy lawsuit
Lawsuit accusing Google, YouTube, and other companies, of violating children's privacy by tracking activity, revived
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DeepMind creates AI tool that generates rough film, stage scripts
Dramatron will generate film titles, characters, settings and dialogues, using plot story that has been written in
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New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news
New Zeland will require big online digital companies to pay local media companies for any news content posted online
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DeepMind's new chatbot uses Google Search, humans to give better answers
The Sparrow is being trained to give human-like answers through question-answer training with humans and Google Search
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Google search to show nearby places airing World Cup matches
Google prepares for the upcoming FIFA World Cup by releasing features to help fans keep track of matches and team
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Google acquires AI avatar startup for $100m to takeover TikTok
Facemoji or later known as Alter, will offer game developers an opportunity to build their avatar systems
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Google app helps to easily customise search widget on Android
New widget can easily be saved and used from the home screen
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U.S. appeals court rejects big tech's right regulate online speech
US court upholds Texas law that bars social media companies from censoring users’ personal opinion on the platform
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How to get Google Map alerts for friends, family
Google Maps adds new alert feature to track friends and family whereabouts
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YouTube Shorts integrates with YouTube Music
YouTube is integrating its Shorts' songs with its Music app, with shared Playlist accessible on both platforms
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Google, Apple facing anti-competitive complaint in Mexico
Apple and Google are facing probe for anti-competitive practices and taking advantage of their monopoly in app stores
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Google marks Queen Elizabeth's demise with muted homage
Google greys out its colourful logo on its homepage
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Google announces $20m to bring CS education to 11m students
Company to provide computer science education in the US through non-profit organisations using their programmes
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Google fires software engineer who claimed its AI chatbot is sentient
Google dismisses senior software engineer who claimed the company's AI chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person
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US Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms
US Senate votes to pass legislation to prevent the four tech giants from favouring their business in search results
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Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage
Russia has administrative cases against Google and 6 foreign tech companies for alleged violations of personal data
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Tinder-owner Match says Google to allow alternate payment systems for now
Alphabet will temporarily allow dating app, Match Group users a choice in payment systems
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Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test AI for bias
Google unveils palette of 10 skin tones in order to help make better gadgets and apps for people of different colour
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Tinder owner Match sues Google in 'last resort' to avoid app-store booting
Match Group sues Google to prevent dating apps like Tinder from being removed from Play Store
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Google begins removing contact details of people from search results
Responding to user requests, Alphabet starts removing personal contact details from search results
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Alphabet misses on revenue as YouTube ad business slowed by Ukraine war
YouTube reports first quarterly profits falling short after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as ad sales take a hit
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EU sets new online rules for Google, Meta to curb illegal content
The Digital Services Act backed by EU, will ensure tech giants like Alphabet do more to tackle illegal content.
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YouTube back online after outage disrupts services
YouTube came back online after some of its service features were temporarily disrupted hindering users on the platform
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Big online firms face 0.1% supervisory fee under new EU rules
Major online companies will need to pay a yearly fee of 0.1% of their annual net income to cover cost of EU compliance
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Google Docs introduces ‘assistive writing’ features
Google Docs will get tools that will make writing infallible for users, with accurate word and grammar suggestions.