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Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.
Read more: Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.Apple chose AI by Google over OpenAI. It cements the relationship between Apple and Google even further. The latter pays Apple $20B to have the default search engine on the iPhone Safari browser. Here’s the Joint Statement: Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models…
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OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.
Read more: OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.As the Information first reported, Sam Altman issued a “code red” to OpenAI employees. The memo acknowledged a serious threat posed by Google’s latest Gemini 3. Not too long ago, the roles were reversed: Google called a “code red” in 2023 with the release of ChatGPT. The Wall Street Journal also reported: “Gemini’s user base…
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Judge grants Google’s motion to dismiss complaint of Jill Leovy, with leave to amend
Read more: Judge grants Google’s motion to dismiss complaint of Jill Leovy, with leave to amendJudge Araceli Martinez-Olguin just granted Google’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint in Leovy v. Google, a case involving social media posts (which was consolidated with the artists’ lawsuit Zhang v. Google). The Judge ruled: “In light of the concerns expressed by Judge Chhabria in his order dismissing the complaint in the matter of Cousart…
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Google pulls AI letter writing ad from Olympics coverage. How many AI missteps will Google makes?
Read more: Google pulls AI letter writing ad from Olympics coverage. How many AI missteps will Google makes?Google reportedly pulled a TV commercial ad it ran during the Olympics coverage. It depicts an African American father using Google’s AI assistant Gemini to help his daughter write a fan letter for his daughter to U.S. Olympic team hurdler Sydney McClaughlin-Levrone. The commercial doesn’t say that Gemini wrote the final letter, but it does…
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Google fumbles again, this time with error-filled AI Overviews
Read more: Google fumbles again, this time with error-filled AI OverviewsWell, all the goodwill from the impressive Google I/O debut of its AI programs a couple weeks ago seems to have been squandered in a disastrous rollout of AI Overviews at the top of the page of Google search. The idea behind AI Overviews is to enhance a Google search with additional information compiled by…
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AI arms race heats up: Google announces Dec. launch of Gemini – will it blow GPT-4 away?
Read more: AI arms race heats up: Google announces Dec. launch of Gemini – will it blow GPT-4 away?Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the December launch of its new AI model named Gemini, trained on Google’s own TPUv5 chips. Based on reports, Gemini sounds far more powerful than GPT-4. One of the features that Gemini boasts is multimodal data processing, meaning that the AI model analyzes not just text, but also media, including…