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Google launches AI accelerator programme for MENAT startups

Google’s accelerator initiative aims to bolster innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, providing startups with essential resources for development

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AI spending spree: Big tech’s quarterly results draws scrutiny

The heightened scrutiny surrounding Big Tech’s AI investments highlights the need for transparency and ethical considerations in AI development

Google launches enhanced Pixel phones in bid to leverage AI tech

Google launches enhanced Pixel phones in bid to leverage AI tech

The Pixel line has enabled Google to showcase its advances and spur the developer ecosystem around its Android operating system

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Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge finds

Google paid $26.3bn in 2021 to maintain search engine dominance, the judge noted

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OpenAI enters Google-dominated search market with SearchGPT

The company plans to integrate the best features from the search tool into ChatGPT in the future

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Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot+’ PCs with AI features

Copilot+ PCs will be able to handle more artificial-intelligence tasks without calling on cloud data centers

Gemini - Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google introduced a new large language model, used for training artificial intelligence tools like chatbots, known as PaLM 2, and said it has already woven it into many of the internet search company’s marquee products. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

All that was announced at Google I/O 2024: Trillium chip, Imagen-3, Veo and more

Among Google’s latest salvos was an addition to its family of Gemini 1.5 AI models known as Flash, an upgrade to its image-to-text offering Imagen and an AI model that creates high definition videos

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OpenAI to announce ChatGPT product improvements

Worldwide traffic to ChatGPT’s website has been on a roller-coaster ride in the past year and is only now returning to its May 2023 peak

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EU’s new tech laws are working as small browsers gain market share

Browser companies criticised how Apple and Google rolled out the new features which they described as slow and clunky

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Why is the EU probing Big Tech under the Digital Markets Act?

The law requires platforms to gain explicit consent from users when they intend to combine a person’s data across different sources, such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram

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Meet Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI’s new CEO

Suleyman will bring under one roof Microsoft’s consumer AI efforts such as its Copilot chatbot and the new Bing browser that uses the technology

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Mobile World Congress 2024: What to expect from big tech brands

The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress expects to attract close to 100,000 attendees from across the technology universe

Gemini - Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google introduced a new large language model, used for training artificial intelligence tools like chatbots, known as PaLM 2, and said it has already woven it into many of the internet search company’s marquee products. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Google to pause Gemini AI model’s image generation of people due to inaccuracies

Bard was rechristened as Gemini earlier this month and Google rolled out paid subscription plans

OpenAI unveils AI model that turns text into video

Text to video: OpenAI announces new Sora model

The software is currently available for red teaming as well as for use by visual artists, designers and filmmakers to gain feedback on the model

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Google’s court loss to Epic Games may cost billions

Epic Games will now have a chance to submit a court filing on how it wants Google’s Play Store to be fixed

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Microsoft, OpenAI tie-up comes under antitrust scrutiny

UK to look at whether Microsoft-OpenAI deal harms competition

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Europe agrees landmark AI regulation deal

The accord requires foundation models such as ChatGPT and general purpose AI systems (GPAI) to comply with transparency obligations before they are put on the market

Gemini - Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google introduced a new large language model, used for training artificial intelligence tools like chatbots, known as PaLM 2, and said it has already woven it into many of the internet search company’s marquee products. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Google just released Gemini: It’s ‘most capable AI model’ yet

The launch of Gemini comes eight months after the search giant launched Bard and one year after OpenAI launched ChatGPT on GPT-3.5

Google switches on cloud region in Saudi Arabia

The search engine giant has officially activated its newest cloud region in Saudi Arabia, opening a host of new digital opportunities for the country’s economy

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Millions of Google accounts to be deleted in December; here’s why

Emails, documents, calendar appointments, photos and videos from Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years will be permanently deleted

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Google looks to India for Pixel smartphone manufacturing

Google counts India as a key growth market, where most smartphones run on its Android ecosystem

Android 14 is now available for Pixel phones

Google releases Android 14, available for Pixel phones

The OS is now available on Pixel phones, with phones from manufacturers including Samsung, Nothing, OnePlus, and more supporting it later this year

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US FTC files antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com: Why is it significant?

The lawsuit against Amazon is part of a larger effort to address antitrust concerns related to major tech companies

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Antitrust trial: Why has the US Justice Dept sued Google?

The antitrust trial is a landmark case and centers on allegations that Google has engaged in monopolistic practices

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Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant will share JBL smart speaker

Amazon.com and Alphabet say these are the first products that will let people use two assistants at once

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Meta, Google face digital tax in New Zealand beginning in 2025

The proposed tax would be payable by multinational businesses that make over $810m a year from global digital services

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Google will expand generative AI tool to select websites

Google said the new feature would generate summaries only for content that is free to read

BCCI to auction cricket broadcast rights for bilateral series

Amazon, Google wooed by India’s BCCI for $750m cricket rights: Report

The reportedly lukewarm response by media firms ahead of BCCI’s auction highlights the struggle to make money from bilateral cricket series

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Top 10 innovative ways to use Google Bard AI

If you’re new to Google Bard and not sure how to get started, check out these ways to try it out

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Google bets on local languages to fuel Android’s growth in India

The company has been developing an artificial intelligence model that would be able to handle more than 100 Indian languages across speech and text