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5 things about AI you may have missed today; First AI officer, Google halts AI-linked people images, more

22Feb

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5 things about AI you may have missed today; First AI officer, Google halts AI-linked people images, more

[ad_1] US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challenges; Google halts AI generated people images over racial inaccuracies; ITMO researchers utilise AI to accelerate carbon nanoparticle synthesis for cancer diagnosis; Majority of Indian consumers prefer AI over human interaction, reveals Adobe report- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. US Justice department appoints first AI officer to navigate technology challengesThe U.S. Justice Department appoints its first AI officer, Jonathan Mayer from Princeton University, amid growing challenges posed by AI in federal law enforcement. Mayer, as chief science and technology adviser, will guide the responsible integration of AI into investigations and prosecutions. With a focus on staying ah...

Google’s Pichai to Defend Search Dominance as Trial Pivots

31Oct

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Google’s Pichai to Defend Search Dominance as Trial Pivots

[ad_1] Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify Monday in the company's antitrust trial, where he will seek to rebut the US government's portrait of the search giant as a colossus wielding billions of dollars to unfairly smother competition.Pichai arrives after seven weeks of testimony that showed Alphabet Inc. pays as much as $26 billion a year for Google to be the default search engine on mobile phones, PCs and other devices. The Justice Department argues that Google knows that most people don't change their default settings even if other options are available and that the prime positioning thwarts rivals such as Microsoft Corp.'s Bing or DuckDuckGo. It also benefits Apple Inc., which earns billions of dollars for setting Google as the default on the Safari...

24Oct

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Google hit by Japan anti-trust probe

[ad_1] Japan's anti-trust watchdog said Monday it is investigating whether Google violated rules by asking smartphone manufacturers for preferential treatment.The Japan Fair Trade Commission probe adds to the search engine giant's other competition woes, including in the United States. The Japanese agency said Google is suspected of inappropriately seeking to have its search apps be included in devices, with their icons in specific places. Google also allegedly signed contracts with Android-device makers not to include rival search apps in their products in exchange for sharing profits generated from advertisement revenues driven from Google searches, the agency said.The commission will seek the public's input until November 22.Saiko Nakajima, head of the digital platform investigation ...

Even the Google Trial Is Talking Up the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Rumors

28Sep

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Even the Google Trial Is Talking Up the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Rumors

[ad_1] ChatGPT doesn't know whether Taylor Swift is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.That example was used by Microsoft Corp. executive Mikhail Parakhin this week at the US Justice Department's landmark antitrust trial to illustrate how Alphabet Inc.'s market-dominant Google search engine can't be easily replaced or challenged by new technologies, such as chatbots. The OpenAI chatbot allows users to type in a query and receive a written response, but the data used to train the artificial intelligence system is based on older information culled from the web. Without fresh data — the type provided by users searching for new topics like the pop singer's latest beau — it's unlikely to provide an accurate answer. Swift's rumored new boyfriend Kelce, the two-time Super Bowl wi...

US sues eBay for selling products that harm environment

28Sep

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US sues eBay for selling products that harm environment

[ad_1] The US Justice Department sued eBay on Wednesday for allegedly selling restricted pesticide products and devices that defeat motor vehicle emission controls.The complaint against the online marketplace was filed on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a federal court in New York. It accused the San Jose, California-based company of selling hundreds of thousands of products in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and other environmental protection legislation. "The complaint filed today demonstrates that EPA will hold online retailers responsible for the unlawful sale of products on their websites that can harm consumers and the environment," Assistant EPA Administrator David Uhlmann said in a statement.US Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim said "laws prohibi...

Google Emails, Memos Hidden From Web as DOJ Caves to Pressure

21Sep

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Google Emails, Memos Hidden From Web as DOJ Caves to Pressure

[ad_1] The US Department of Justice has removed public access to emails, charts and internal presentations from Alphabet Inc.'s Google that had come out as evidence in its landmark antitrust lawsuit against the tech titan.Google had challenged the government's posting of the documents online, and the court was sympathetic to its concerns. The result: a trial much more difficult for the public to follow than the similarly monumental and widely watched antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. in the 1990s. The trial, which is expected to last 10 weeks, is the biggest legal reckoning for a big tech company since then. With all the exhibits and evidence unearthed for discussion, it's also a rare look at the inner workings of one of the most influential businesses of the modern era. As the Jus...

Google Maps Face Renewed Scrutiny by DOJ’s Antitrust Lawyers

24Feb

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Google Maps Face Renewed Scrutiny by DOJ’s Antitrust Lawyers

[ad_1] The US Justice Department is investigating Google's dominance in mapping, reviving a thread of its long-running antitrust investigation into the search giant, according to three people familiar with the probe. Department lawyers have been seeking information and reinterviewing potential witnesses, the people said, speaking anonymously to discuss a pending investigation. The probe is focused on how Alphabet Inc.'s Google bundles its services, and could result in a new antitrust complaint, they said. The development shows the Justice Department is continuing to scrutinize some of Google's most popular products, even after filing two major antitrust suits against the company. Google's terms of service require developers to use its maps and search products together. The limit...

Adobe’s $20 Billion Deal for Figma Draws DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny

3Nov

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Adobe’s $20 Billion Deal for Figma Draws DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny

[ad_1] The US Justice Department is investigating Adobe Inc.’s $20 billion deal to buy design software startup Figma Inc. The US Justice Department is investigating Adobe Inc.'s $20 billion deal to buy design software startup Figma Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter, a sign the companies could face a drawn-out review of the deal. The agency has begun talking to Figma's customers and rivals as part of a probe to determine whether the transaction will hurt competition, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation. Adobe said it's “engaged in productive discussions with regulators to ensure they have a full understanding of the combination.” Adobe's Figma deal, which carried the largest price tag for a private software maker ev...

Google Pays Enormous Sums to Stay No.1 Search Engine, US Judge told

9Sep

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Google Pays Enormous Sums to Stay No.1 Search Engine, US Judge told

[ad_1] Google's contracts form the basis of the DOJ's landmark antitrust lawsuit. (Representational)Alphabet Inc.'s Google pays billions of dollars each year to Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and other telecom giants to illegally maintain its spot as the No. 1 search engine, the US Justice Department told a federal judge Thursday.DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers.""Google invests billions in defaults, knowing people won't change them," Dintzer told Judge Amit Mehta during a hearing in Washington that marked the first major face-off in the case and drew top DOJ antitrust officials and Nebraska's attorney general among the spectat...

US Justice Department Appeals Freeze On Review Of Seized Trump Documents

8Sep

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US Justice Department Appeals Freeze On Review Of Seized Trump Documents

[ad_1] Donald Trump accused the FBI and Justice department of a "document hoax".Washington: The US Justice Department said Thursday it was appealing a Florida judge's order to freeze access to thousands of documents, including top secret files, seized from former president Donald Trump's home.The department said the order Monday by federal court Judge Aileen Cannon to sequester all the documents for review by an independent "special master" hindered its ability to conduct criminal investigation related to Trump's possession of the classified documents.It asked Cannon to set aside her freeze on just over 100 classified documents seized in the August 8 raid on Trump's Florida home and to keep them from the hands of any special master named to examine the seized materials.The papers are par...