Category: Google

Google CEO Denies AI Chatbot Is Sentient

Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai touched upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) acquiring sentience in an interview at Vox Media’s Code Conference Tuesday. What Happened Pichai discussed the case of a Google employee who was fired for claiming that the company’s AI chatbot was sentient, reported The Verge. The Google CEO repeated the company’s position that the bot was not sentient and said,…


Why Google’s Sundar Pichai Says He’s ‘Long-Term Bullish’ on New York City

Major tech outlets have recently announced the freezing of new hiring and cutbacks on planned office expansion in New York. Meta Platforms Inc. has decided not to take the additional 300,000 square feet of space at 770 Broadway located near its existing office. Similarly, Amazon.com, Inc. has reportedly decided to cut back on the amount of space…


Amazon, Google Criticizes Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Changes

BRUSSELS—Amazon and Alphabet unit Google criticized Microsoft’s cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers. The U.S. software giant on Monday announced amended licensing deals and other changes that will take effect on Oct. 1 and which they say will make it easier for…


Google Testing ‘Prebunking’ to ‘Inoculate People’ Against Misinformation, Including Info About COVID-19 Shots

Tech giant Google is testing out “prebunking” strategies aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation” and misinformation online. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, researchers from Google and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom teamed up to conduct experiments that involved five short videos aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation techniques commonly…


Google Tests ‘Prebunking’ in Fight Against Misinformation, Including About COVID-19

Google is testing “prebunking” strategies aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation” and misinformation online, researchers say. Researchers from Google and the UK’s Cambridge University teamed up to conduct experiments that involved five short videos aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation techniques commonly used in misinformation,” according to a paper published Aug. 24 in the journal…


Privacy Complaint Targets Google Over Unsolicited Ad Emails

PARIS—Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France’s data protection watchdog. The Alphabet unit, whose revenues mainly come from online advertising, should ask Gmail users for their prior consent before…


China Wants to Control the World’s Internet—Can It?

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actively attempting to control the internet. This might sound like hyperbolic fearmongering—but it’s not. Each year, the Cyber Administration of China hosts the World Internet Conference. In the words of Xi Jinping, the conference was designed to focus on “global internet development and governance.” This year’s conference took place last…


Australia’s Top Court Finds Google Not Liable for Defamation

SYDNEY—Australia’s highest court overturned on Wednesday a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article, throwing the spotlight again on how online libel cases are handled in the country. The seven-judge panel of the High Court of Australia voted 5-2 to throw out an earlier finding…


Google Fined $60 Million for Misleading Australian Users

Internet giant Google has consented to pay $60 million (US$40.7 million) to settle a long-running court fight with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). In April 2021, the Federal Court of Australia found that between January 2017 and December 2018, Google violated Australian consumer laws by misleading consumers into believing that their location data…


The Death of Intellectual Property? Andy Warhol Versus Lynn Goldsmith

Commentary The Supreme Court has been making a lot of controversial decisions lately, but one upcoming decision that could have a great impact on American innovation isn’t getting much press. The legal basis for U.S. intellectual property (IP) rights is found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers believed that…