European news media companies sued Google for roughly $2.1 billion in damages Wednesday over allegations that the tech giant’s ad technology practices have harmed them. The case, filed by more than 30 European news media companies, including the German-based company Axel Springer that owns Politico, is the latest challenge to the California-based company over … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said recent “problematic” text and image responses from the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot were “completely unacceptable.” “I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias – to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong,” Pichai said in an email to employees … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in conversation with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images In a memo Tuesday evening, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the company’s artificial intelligence mistakes, which led to Google taking … Read more
Google has announced that it will begin paying independent publishers to test its unreleased generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The program, first reported by Adweek, allows a handful of publishers access to its AI platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback. Publishers are expected to use the tools to produce “a fixed volume of … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared conflicted over far-reaching social media laws in Texas and Florida aiming to control how platforms moderate content — particularly ones that are political in nature. The justices invoked everything from how the law could impact the handmade craft online marketplace Etsy, and whether Google-owned Gmail could delete the accounts … Read more
The 2024 Honda Prologue is not a Honda. It just isn’t. The Japanese automaker can talk all it wants about how this car is designed to look and feel like a Honda, but it only achieved half of its goals. Sure, the 2024 Prologue looks like a Honda (on the outside, at least), but everything … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Rivian Recalls Nearly Every Car It Has Built 1st Gear: Rivian, Lucid 2024 Production Falls On Weakening Demand … Read more
The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice BMW 316 claims it to have been imported from Germany and to have all its papers in order. Let’s see if it’s priced to make another big move. Listen To The Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition’s Symphony Of Internal Combustion Masterpiece Based on the comments, there was … Read more
Google will shut down the Google Pay app for U.S. users in early June, shuttering a service once heralded as a possible replacement for Android Pay and Google Wallet. The company announced the upcoming shutdown of the app Thursday, saying it hopes to streamline the company’s payment apps to include only Google Wallet, which it … Read more
Reddit has agreed to provide Google with access to its content to train the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) models, the social message board site announced on Thursday. The deal, which is reportedly worth $60 million, allows Google to use Reddit’s data application programming interface (API). “With the Reddit Data API, Google will now have … Read more
