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Turkish competition board fines Google over failure to comply with regulation

16 May 2024 at 07:40
The Turkish competition authority said on Thursday that it decided to fine Google over its failure to fulfil obligations regarding a part of its local search services. The authority said it will fine the company daily five ten thousandths of its 2023 revenues until it complies with the competition board's decisions, starting from April 15. The board said the fine was imposed as previously implemented measures by Google to address the competition authority's concerns over local search services failed to include hotel inquiries.
Yesterday β€” 15 May 2024Yahoo! Finance: Google News

Is Alphabet Inc (GOOG) The Best Jim Cramer Stock to Buy Now?

15 May 2024 at 21:28
Investors are watching Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) as Google I/O 2024 Conference kicks off in Mountain View, California. Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) revealed a host of new AI products during the event, including AI overviews. Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) bulls have long believed it was just a matter of time the company […]

Google still hasn't fixed Gemini's biased image generator

15 May 2024 at 21:07
Back in February, Google paused its AI-powered chatbot Gemini's ability to generate images of people after users complained of historical inaccuracies. Told to depict "a Roman legion," for example, Gemini would show an anachronistic group of racially diverse soldiers while rendering "Zulu warriors" as stereotypically Black. Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized, and Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Google's AI research division DeepMind, said that a fix should arrive "in very short order" -- with

Google's call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn

15 May 2024 at 17:25
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They warn that, once client-side scanning is baked into mobile infrastructure, it could usher in an era of centralized censorship. Google's demo of the call scam-detection fea

CPI market outlooks, Netflix deal, AI in tech: Catalysts

15 May 2024 at 17:19
On today's episode of Catalysts, co-hosts Seana Smith and Madison Mills explore market reactions to economic data, company announcements, and the latest developments in the AI sector. Market dynamics take center stage as the show dissects the ripple effects of Wednesday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) print and the resurgence of the meme stock frenzy. Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre breaks down the market response to the meme trade resurgence. Rabobank Senior Cross-Asset Macro Strategist Christian Lawrence joins the discussion to shed light on the implications of the CPI print for market outlooks. Additionally, Loomis Sayles Head of Full Discretion Team Matt Eagan and Nuveen Head of Municipals Dan Close offer their insights on market outlooks after the CPI release. The show also spotlights a several trending tickers, including Netflix (NFLX), which will now stream two holiday NFL games, Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), which unveiled new AI features at its Google I/O conference, and SunPower Corporation (SPWR), the recipient of a downgrade from Wolfe Research. Furthermore, BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser joins the discussion to explore the growing investments in generative AI from tech companies. This post was written by Angel Smith

The top AI announcements from Google I/O

15 May 2024 at 18:46
Google’s going all in on AI β€” and it wants you to know it. During the company’s keynote at its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google mentioned β€œAI” more than 120 times. That’s a lot! But not all of Google’s AI announcements were significant per se. Some were incremental. Others were rehashed. So to help sort the wheat from the chaff, we rounded up the top new AI products and features unveiled at Google I/O 2024. Generative AI in Search Google plans to use generative AI to organize entire G
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