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Apple chooses Google’s AI model to power new Siri. Google AI model has least exposure to Shadow Library copyright lawsuits.
Read more: Apple chooses Google’s AI model to power new Siri. Google AI model has least exposure to Shadow Library copyright lawsuits.As Bloomberg first reported, Apple has chosen to use Google’s AI model to power the new Siri. Apple will pay Google $1 billion a year for use of its AI model. Meanwhile, Google pays Apple $20 billion a year to be the default search engine in Safari. Why this deal makes sense Putting aside the…
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Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companies
Read more: Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companiesWe created a new case tracker for tort lawsuits against AI companies. So far, we compiled the products liability lawsuits and defamation lawsuits against AI companies in the United States. We identified 6 products liability lawsuits v. Character.AI/Google (5) and OpenAI (1). We identified 6 defamation suits against Google (3), Meta (1), Microsoft (1), and…
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Google DeepMind research paper on Generative Data Refinement to cleanse undesirable content
Read more: Google DeepMind research paper on Generative Data Refinement to cleanse undesirable contentGoogle DeepMind posed a preprint paper on “Generative Data Refinement: Just Ask for Better Data.“ Abstract: For a fixed parameter size, the capabilities of large models are primarily determined by the quality and quantity of its training data. Consequently, training datasets now grow faster than the rate at which new data is indexed on the…
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Google AI overviews draws criticism for drop in traffic and having to allow Google crawler to be part of traditional search
Read more: Google AI overviews draws criticism for drop in traffic and having to allow Google crawler to be part of traditional searchGoogle drew criticisms from media at WIRED’s AI Power Summit in New York on Monday September 15. Markham C. Erickson, VP of government affairs and public policy at Google, did a valiant effort defending their practice. The media companies complain that the AI Overviews decrease the traffic to their websites by extracting information so people don’t…
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Penske Media v. Google COMPLAINT. Rolling Stone owner sues Google for AI Mode. Antitrust claim
Read more: Penske Media v. Google COMPLAINT. Rolling Stone owner sues Google for AI Mode. Antitrust claimGoogle just got hit with an antitrust lawsuit filed by Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone and other media publications. The suit alleges: “But in recent years, Google has begun to tie its participation in this bargain to another transaction to which PMC and other publishers do not willingly consent. As a condition of indexing…
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Amended scheduling order in In re Google Gen AI Litigation
Read more: Amended scheduling order in In re Google Gen AI LitigationJudge Lee approved the stipulated amended scheduling order, with a slight change to the last day to hear the summary judgment motions (Sept. 11, 2026). The change to the schedule came after Judge Lee rebuked especially the plaintiffs’ attorney for failing to conduct discovery in a timely manner on the class certification. This case won’t…
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Will answer engines replace search engines?
Read more: Will answer engines replace search engines?In what could be one of the biggest transformations on the web, answer engines are continuing to gain usage online. The big question is whether answer engines replace search engines. Lex Friedman asked Sundar Pichai whether Google’s new answer engine called AI Mode will replace traditional search. Pichai equivocated.
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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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I tested out Google’s Veo video generator. Mind blowing.
Read more: I tested out Google’s Veo video generator. Mind blowing.I just tested Google’s new video generator called Veo. Mind blowing. Here’s my prompt: “Show a cute goldendoodle wearing wraparound sunglasses skateboarding down a hill on a street in San Francisco, with a streetcar in the background.” Here’s the first video (in 720 p, though option for 1020 p): Then I did a second variation…
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Google showcases AI mode for Google Search. But will it invite more copyright lawsuits v. Google?
Read more: Google showcases AI mode for Google Search. But will it invite more copyright lawsuits v. Google?Yesterday, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, demoed a host of new AI programs for Gemini and Google. Since OpenAI’s viral launch of ChatGPT in December 2022, Google has been in a race to compete in AI. Perhaps the most important new program announced yesterday is “AI Mode” for Google Search. Instead of a traditional search…