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Low-quality AI-generated content is saturating YouTube, generating an estimated $117 million in revenue annually, according to new research. The study found that more than 20 percent of the videos shown to new users on the platform fall into the category of low effort posts popularly known as “AI slop,” with many channels posting content aimed at children.

A woman’s frantic attempt to rebook a missed flight turned into a costly crash course in business-impostor scams — now supercharged by AI and slipping through Google’s ad filters. 

Google and Apple have cautioned their H-1B visa workers against traveling outside the United States, citing substantial delays in visa processing that could last up to a year.

The UK government is set to encourage tech giants Apple and Google to implement nudity detection algorithms in their device operating systems, aiming to protect users from viewing explicit content.

Google has agreed to a $700 million settlement in an antitrust lawsuit, resulting in millions of U.S. customers being eligible for refunds from the tech giant’s Play Store. Here’s how you can claim yours.

The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using web publishers’ content for AI purposes without appropriate compensation.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has sounded the alarm over alleged “quid pro quo” arrangements after many tech companies donated to renovating the White House ballroom; yet the Massachusetts progressive received nearly $2 million from tech platforms over her political career.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has urged the United States to establish a national framework for AI regulation to maintain its competitive edge against China. Google wants the federal government to override states moving to protect their citizens from the Big Tech Masters of the Universe.

Michelle Ritter, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur and former mistress of Democrat mega-donor and ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has accused the billionaire of rape, surveillance, and other abuses in a Los Angeles County Superior Court filing.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went to Brussels this week with a refreshingly direct message.

Nvidia fell more than four percent in morning trading after reports emerged that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is in talks to spend billions on Google’s AI chips, potentially establishing them as a viable alternative to Nvidia’s industry-leading offerings.

A legal filing released on Friday alleges that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, halted internal research suggesting that people who stopped using its social media platforms experienced less depression and anxiety.

Google has quietly started accessing Gmail users’ private emails and attachments to train its AI models, requiring manual opt-out to avoid participation. To make the process even trickier, Gmail users have to opt out in two separate places for the change to work. Follow these steps to protect your privacy from Google’s invasive AI endeavors.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote in a letter on Wednesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai that removing Gemma from its AI studio does not prevent the distribution of the AI model from generating “patently false and defamatory statements” about her and other conservatives.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has cautioned that while the current surge in AI investment represents an “extraordinary moment,” there are also some elements of “irrationality” in the AI boom.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, joined by Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), has announced a massive $40 billion investment in the state, which includes the construction of three new data centers in West Texas and the Panhandle.

The EU has opened an investigation into Google over claims that the tech giant has been unfairly demoting commercial content from news media sites in its search results.

Google has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese cybercriminal gang responsible for a massive SMS phishing, or “smishing,” operation that has amassed over a million victims across 120 countries. These fake texts typically claim victims owe toll payments or other similar charges to trick them into handing over their bank details.

Google’s prized AI pioneer, Noam Shazeer, has ignited a heated debate within the company over free speech and inclusivity after he expressed his personal views on internal forums. The AI legend has angered Google’s notoriously left-wing employee population by making common sense statements such as “It is not okay to sterilize children.” 

Experts have discovered weaknesses in hundreds of benchmarks used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of AI models being released into the world, according to a recent study.

ESPN’s ongoing carriage dispute with YouTubeTV has directly impacted the network’s ratings in a very negative way.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Tuesday said that Google is similar to a “disobedient child” that constantly pushes for more censorship and bias against conservatives despite the backlash against the big tech platform.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) told Breitbart News in an interview that Apple and Google have done a lot to monetize their predominance in the app store marketplace, yet they have still not moved to safeguard consumers or protect kids online.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) accused Google of defaming her with “patently false material” generated by the company’s Gemma AI in a scathing letter to CEO Sundar Pichai. Google has pulled its Gemma AI model from its AI Studio platform after Blackburn documented how the company’s AI accused her of sexual assault. Blackburn wrote, “A publicly accessible tool that invents false criminal allegations about a sitting U.S. Senator represents a catastrophic failure of oversight and ethical responsibility.”

Google’s YouTube is restructuring its products team in a major shift towards AI, offering voluntary buyout packages with severance to its U.S.-based employees.

Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana expressed her belief that society will accept the occasional fatal crash caused by self-driving vehicles as the price of technological advancement. Mawakana says that because self-driving cars are not “perfection,” it is a matter of “when” not “if” there are fatal crashes involving robotaxis. 

Executives from Google and Meta testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on internet censorship under the Biden administration on Wednesday, October 29.

A diverse group of influential individuals, from tech pioneers to politicians, has signed a statement urging a pause in the creation of artificial intelligence that surpasses human cognitive abilities. The list, which includes the legendary “Godfathers of AI” and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak along with figures like Richard Branson, believe that superintelligent AI could lead to “human economic obsolescence and disempowerment, losses of freedom, civil liberties, dignity, and control, to national security risks and even potential human extinction.”

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company’s AI tools falsely linked him to sexual assault claims and labeled him a white nationalist.

OpenAI’s surprise launch of its new Atlas web browser sends a clear message to Google: Sam Altman believes the tech giant’s longstanding dominance in the browser and search market is under serious threat in the AI era.

Michelle Ritter, the former mistress of ex-Google CEO and Democrat mega-donor Eric Schmidt, has filed a lawsuit accusing the tech titan of stalking, abuse, and subjecting her to an “absolute digital surveillance system” amid a secret battle over money, a failed AI startup, and access to a luxurious Bel Air mansion.

Google will invest a staggering $15 billion to build data center capacity for a new AI hub in southern India, marking the company’s largest AI investment outside of the United States.

New York City has filed a lawsuit against major social media companies, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the design and operation of their platforms.

Google has become the first company to be designated with “strategic market status” by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, exposing its online search and advertising business to closer scrutiny.

After a hearing that lasted two weeks, the DOJ and Google have concluded their arguments over how to address the company’s illegal monopoly in advertising software.

The Supreme Court has declined to protect Google from a year-old order requiring significant changes to its Android app store, paving the way for increased competition against a system that a court declared an illegal monopoly in Fortnite maker Epic Games’ antitrust case against the internet giant.