A former Google software engineer has been charged over the theft of trade secrets from the Alphabet company whilst working covertly with two other firms based in China. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was charged this week by a federal jury in San Francisco on four counts of...
Google has established its very first Asia-Pacific cyberdefense hub in Tokyo, with rising concern about threats from China and others in the region. On Thursday, the US-based company opened a new facility, which aims to promote research on countering cyberattacks and act as a base for training regional cyberdefense officials....
More than 200 of the world's leading researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) have signed an open letter calling on big players in AI like OpenAI, Meta, and Google to allow outside experts to independently evaluate and test the safety of their AI models and systems. The letter argues that strict...
Google has introduced changes to its search results and unveiled new features for app developers, enabling them to advertise their offerings on third-party applications and competitor app marketplaces. This move comes as the company attempts to comply with landmark EU regulations to restrain the influence of major tech firms. In...
Alphabet's Google has been told by a United States District Judge that the company will have to face certain antitrust concerns in court. The Judge for the Southern District of New York, Kevin Castel, would dismiss a number of cases put in front of him, as reports Reuters, but would...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sent an internal memo to staff, stressing the Gemini errors are "completely unacceptable" after the artificial intelligence (AI) app embroiled the company in controversy. The tech giant suspended its image creation function on Gemini in recent days after it generated offensive and historically inaccurate results....
Google has announced its plans to discontinue the Google Pay app for US users as of June 4, 2024, refocusing its efforts on the Google Wallet service. All users must switch to Google Wallet for their financial transactions from this date. This service offers the same financial services as Google...
Google has announced a string of fresh updates - the most popular of which is the introduction of Gemini into Messages and AI text summaries for when driving. Announced at this year's MWC in Barcelona, Messages users can access Gemini without leaving the app. Users can ask Gemini for advice...
Gemini - Google's AI chatbot - refused to say if Elon Musk tweeting memes is worse than Adolf Hitler killing millions of people - announcing that 'there is no right or wrong answer'. The shocking conversation was raised by former head of data at polling news publication FiveThrityEight Nate Silver...
The latest AI addition arriving in Google Chrome M122 is its ‘"help me write" feature, which, shockingly enough, aids users with the written word. But while other types of AI might help you with a covering letter or longer article, Google’s ‘help me write’ is very much about improving short...
The partnership between the multinational technology company and social news aggregation is set to strengthen as an ‘expanded partnership’ has been announced. This pairing will work together to create more content-forward displays of Reddit information, in the hope this will make Google products more helpful for users and easier to...
Google announced on Thursday its plans to enhance its advertising products with the integration of its Gemini artificial intelligence models, aiming to offer advanced AI capabilities to a broader range of its customers. According to a Reuters report, this move is part of Google's broader strategy to incorporate generative AI...
Google has paused the ability to create pictures of people using Gemini's AI image generation feature to fix some historical inaccuracies. Some Gemini users have shared screenshots of apparent historical inaccuracies, with Gemini creating images of a Native American man and Indian woman when tasked with prompts such as a...
Google launched another AI model only a week after it announced the release of its Gemini models. The new release, Gemma, is part of a family of "lightweight open-source models," starting with Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B. The large language models are said to be “inspired by Gemini,” and are...
A senior Google executive has warned of the "very serious" threat posed to democracy by artificial intelligence (AI) powered deepfakes, in a year of crucial national elections across the world. The concerns have resulted in the heavyweights of the tech industry coming together to thwart the rise of disinformation and...
Google has released a new version of Gemini, its multimodal large language models, only a week after rolling out its Gemini 1.0 Ultra model. Gemini 1.5 is the tech giant’s next-generation model, which is said to have “dramatically enhanced performance.” According to DeepMind, Alphabet’s AI division, 1.5 Pro can process...
Google has said it blocked or removed over 170 million fake reviews that violated its policies in 2023. According to a recent blog post, the tech giant stated that this was over 45% more than in 2022. It also removed more than 12 million fake business profiles from its search...
A privacy warning from Google has indicated an element of risk if users disclose personal information when using artificial intelligence (AI) apps. The Alphabet Inc company has confirmed the rebranding of Bard as Gemini, which will become the flagship AI assistant on Android devices. The program will bring advances and...
Google has extended the availability of its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant and chatbot to several more territories and in various languages. Last week, the Alphabet company confirmed the rebranding of Bard to Gemini, which is also the name of its flagship large language model (LLM) AI. The Gemini assistant...
Google announced today the launch of Gemini Advanced, marking a significant update to its artificial intelligence technology. This new development is part of Google's ongoing efforts to integrate AI across its range of products and services, including the Cloud and Workspace services, as well as Google One, which is on...
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