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Ridgewood NJ, in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies, a judge ruled on Monday that Google’s search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.
Continue reading Judge Rules Google Illegally Exploits Search Dominance in Landmark Antitrust Case
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Ridgewood NJ, OpenAI announced on Thursday the prototype of its new search engine, SearchGPT, designed to provide users with “fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” Currently in testing with a small user group, OpenAI plans to integrate SearchGPT into its ChatGPT chatbot in the future.
Continue reading OpenAI Unveils SearchGPT: A Revolutionary Search Engine Prototype
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Ridgewood NJ, in a surprising turn of events earlier this month, Google made headlines when it took decisive action against employees who engaged in disruptive protests within its premises. After a group of employees barricaded themselves inside a manager’s office, demanding an end to the conflict in Gaza, Google promptly called the authorities, leading to their arrest. Subsequently, the company terminated their employment, along with several others who participated in acts of “civil disobedience.”
Continue reading Google’s “Mission-First” Philosophy: A Departure from Workplace Activism
The beginning of the new era of Artificial intelligence advancement moves forward with the launch of Google Gemini AI, which is more than just a mere AI model. Created with the successful collaboration of Google teams and driven by the motive of causing people to interact with generative AI, the Google Gemini AI model is made from scratch. This includes its robust familiarity and operation across different data types, including videos, images, audio, code, text, etc.
Continue reading Era of Google Gemini Artificial Intelligence
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Ridgewood NJ, today, the US Supreme Court is set to deliberate on the contentious issue of whether states possess the authority to prohibit social media platforms from moderating political content on their platforms. This case is one of three social media-related disputes on the court’s docket for this term.
Continue reading US Supreme Court Takes on Social Media Content Moderation
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Ridgewood NJ, Google staff morale is suffering badly and workers are increasingly vocal about the slump. The tech giant and its work culture are being described as overly corporate and generally aimless. There is a growing rift between leadership and employees. While executives seem excited about the company’s future, employees are much less enthusiastic as they feel they might get laid off at any time.
Continue reading Rift Widens Between Google Leadership and Staff
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The holiday gifting season usually brings new gatdets and smart tech, but is it cause for concern over privacy and security for American households?
Continue reading 76% of Americans believe their devices ‘listen’ to them
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Ridgewood NJ, given the numerous regulatory enforcement cases being brought against or contemplated for technology giants, it appears that the Biden administration has declared war on Silicon Valley. Now the long anticipated trial of the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, which began last Tuesday.
Continue reading BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TAKES ON SILICON VALLEY
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Ridgewood NJ, file this under what could possibly go wrong with this , several companies, including Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, have committed to certain safeguards for their technology until Congress passes legislation to regulate AI. Officials want to make sure that the technology is developed responsibly and in a way that benefits society without negatively impacting the safety, rights, and democratic values of the public. The tech firms have agreed to eight measures, including letting independent experts test models for bad behavior, investing in cybersecurity, flagging societal risks, and watermarking AI-generated audio and visual content.
Continue reading AI Companies Commit to Safeguards at the White House’s Request
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Ridgewood NJ, Gannett the owner of Northjersey.com (the Bergen Record) and the largest newspaper publisher in the US, filed a federal lawsuit against Google and its parent company, Alphabet. Gannett claims the tech giant is violating antitrust laws by holding a monopoly over the digital advertising business and controlling how publishers buy and sell ads online, leading to less revenue for publishers and Google’s ad rivals.
Continue reading Ad Wars ,Gannett the Owner of the Bergen Record Sues Google
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Ridgewood NJ, Google held a press conference from Paris on Wednesday where presenters ran through a collection of previously announced technologies. The demo included references to many products still unavailable. One of the presenters lost a device that was supposed to be for a live demo. Google’s stock declined sharply after the event.
Continue reading Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself
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Ridgewood NJ, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced an experimental conversational AI service called Bard. The ChatGPT competitor can answer users’ queries and take part in conversations. It is now available to a group of trusted testers and will be released more widely in the coming weeks. Bard will draw on information from the web to provide high-quality responses.
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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined seven other Attorneys General and the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in filing suit against Google over its efforts to eliminate competition in the digital advertising marketplace and create a monopoly for the company over all advertising bought and sold on the internet.
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Ridgewood NJ, Microsoft announced yesterday it is expanding its partnership with OpenAI, the start-up behind the viral ChatGPT chatbot (see overview), with a multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment. Specific financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but reports say Microsoft is expected to invest $10B, in addition to the $3B it has already invested since 2019.
Continue reading Microsoft Announces New Multibillion-dollar Investment in Artificial intelligence
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Ridgewood NJ, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the layoffs yesterday in an email to staff, which would account for about 6% of the company.
Continue reading Google to lay off 12,000 people ,6% of its workforce
