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Google AI Search poses risk to children, failing safety and health tests
Common Sense Media labeled Google’s AI Overview and AI Mode an unacceptable risk for children and teens. The nonprofit found these integrated features cannot...
Google Fights to Uphold Annulment of $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
Google urged the European Union's Court of Justice to dismiss an appeal. Regulators seek to reinstate a €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) antitrust fine. The 2019...
Google Opens Play Store to Rivals, Following Epic Games Antitrust Loss
Google will permit third-party app stores within the U.S. Google Play Store starting July 22. This move follows the withdrawal of a joint motion by Google and...
Google Sued by Top Publishers for Using Millions of Books to Train Gemini
Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow filed a class-action lawsuit against Google in the Southern District of New York. The...
Google and INVIDI Partner to Bring Addressable Ads to Offline Set-Top Boxes
INVIDI Technologies and Google are integrating Google's Ad Manager platform into tens of millions of unconnected set-top boxes. This partnership enables...
Google DeepMind Proposes FINRA-Style AI Watchdog, Citing AGI Security Risks
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis calls for a U.S.-led standards body to oversee advanced artificial intelligence development. The proposed agency follows the...
Swiss Regulator Launches Probe into Google's Android Search Default
Switzerland's Competition Commission (COMCO) opened a preliminary investigation into Alphabet's Google. The probe concerns Google's default search engine...
Google buys 1.6GW Arkansas solar output, fueling AI and data centers
Google agreed to purchase 100% of the initial power from the Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas. The virtual power purchase agreement covers 1.6 gigawatts...
Google traffic climbs in June, defying AI competition concerns
Alphabet's Google recorded growth in both web and mobile traffic during June, according to BofA Securities. Global web visits to Google.com rose 4%...
Anthropic debuts rupee pricing for Claude, targeting India's AI market
Anthropic introduced localized rupee-based pricing for Claude AI subscriptions in India. India currently serves as the company's second-largest market after...
Google Replaces Blue Links With Gemini AI, Prepping Pro Launch
Google Search transitioned entirely to AI-generated summaries on July 12, 2026. The Gemini 3.5 Flash model now powers all results, fully replacing the...
Google Search Sets New Traffic Record During World Cup Match
Google's search platform experienced an unprecedented traffic surge on July 9, 2026. It set a new usage record during a recent World Cup knockout match....
OpenAI and Google Supply Chinese Tech Giants, Exposing US Export Gaps
OpenAI and Google are providing advanced AI models to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent. The Pentagon currently lists these Chinese...
NHTSA Orders AV Makers To Stop Blocking Ambulances, Citing Safety Risks
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ordered autonomous vehicle companies to address a clear pattern of interference with emergency...
Google SynthID Exposes Fake McConnell Photo, Using Invisible Watermarks
An AI-generated image of Senator Mitch McConnell in critical condition circulated widely on social media this week. The fabricated photo depicted the senator...
DuckDuckGo Browser Updates to Block YouTube Video Ads by Default
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo announced that its free browser for iOS, Windows, and macOS will now block most video ads by default, including those on...
Google Schedules August 12 Pixel 11 Debut, Moving Up Hardware Timeline
Google scheduled its annual Made by Google hardware event for Wednesday, August 12, in New York City. The announcement occurs one week earlier than the...
Proxima Fusion hits €2.4B valuation, backed by Google and RWE
Munich-based Proxima Fusion raised €411 million in its latest financing round. The investment brings the company’s total valuation to €2.4 billion. XTX...
Anthropic Maps Claude Internal Thoughts, Boosting AI Safety Efforts
Anthropic researchers identified neural patterns in the Claude 3 Sonnet model called J-space. This internal workspace represents the model's concepts and...
Anthropic's Newest AI Models Show Degraded Performance in Tool Integration
Developer Armin Ronacher has reported that Anthropic's latest AI models, Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5, are performing worse at 'tool calls' than older...