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Google hit with $2.3B lawsuit by 32 media groups

Google was sued Wednesday for $2.3 billion by media giant Axel Springer and 31 other publishers, alleging that the search giant’s digital advertising practices have cost them millions of dollars. The group’s move, which includes publishers from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden, comes […]

Google CEO says Gemini chatbot’s ‘woke’ AI disaster ‘completely unacceptable’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai criticized the widely criticized Gemini AI chatbot’s habit of generating “woke” versions of historical figures in a scathing letter to employees. In an email, he called it “totally unacceptable.” Pichai said Google’s AI team is “working around the clock” to fix Gemini. Gemini was disabled last week after its “absurdly woke” […]

Hochul demands Google, Meta stop promoting illegal NY pot shops

Gov. Cathy Hochul listens to complaints from the licensed cannabis industry, saying social media companies and big tech companies like Google and Meta are hurting legal operators and supporting a massive black market. He said it’s time to stop promoting illegal marijuana retailers on the site that are stealing wealth from New York. of tax […]

Google paying independent publishers to test unreleased generative AI platform

Google announced it will start paying independent publishers to test its unreleased generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. program, First reported by Adweekwill give a small number of publishers access to their AI platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback. Publishers are expected to use the tool to produce “a certain amount of content” over […]

Google parent loses $70B in market value after ‘woke’ AI chatbot disaster

Google’s parent company lost 700 million yen in market capitalization in one business day with bizarre image debacle for its “woke” chatbot, sparking fresh investor concerns about the company’s much-touted AI tools. Lost over a billion dollars. Alphabet stock fell 4.4% on the first day of trading on Monday, closing at $138.75. Shares of Google’s […]

Google Gemini caught inventing fake book reviews

Google Gemini, the tech giant’s new AI chatbot meant to rival ChatGPT, was used by real people to discredit my 2020 book on the political bias of Google and other big tech companies. Made up some fake reviews claiming to be real. On Sunday, amid intense backlash over the apparent political bias of Google’s AI […]

Google to relaunch ‘woke’ Gemini AI image tool in few weeks

Google has announced plans to reboot its artificial intelligence image generation software in the coming weeks after taking it offline following an uproar over what critics described as an “absurdly woke” depiction of historical images. The Gemini chatbot remains operational, but last week Google added images of female NHL players, African-American Vikings, Founding Fathers, and […]