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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google

Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercrime group called 'Outsider Enterprise' that used AI technology to conduct...

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Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
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Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

Independent musicians are suing Google for allegedly using their YouTube-uploaded songs to train its Lyria music AI...

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Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
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Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training

Google is implementing a new 'Search Services History' setting that will save images, audio, video, and files from user...

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Investing in multi-agent AI safety research
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Investing in multi-agent AI safety research

Google DeepMind and partners are launching a $10M funding initiative focused on multi-agent AI safety research. This...

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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German court ruled that Google is directly liable for false information in its AI search overviews, overturning...

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Google lets sites opt out of AI search results, knowing most have nowhere else to go
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Google lets sites opt out of AI search results, knowing most have nowhere else to go

Google has introduced an opt-out toggle in Search Console allowing website operators to exclude their content from AI...

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Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
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Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation

U.K. regulators are requiring Google to provide website publishers with a tool to opt out of generative AI search...

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AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix
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AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix

Google has announced five commitments to address environmental concerns around AI data center expansion, including a...

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Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
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Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI Search features...

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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams
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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

Google is deploying fake call detection technology to combat AI-powered deepfake scams where fraudsters spoof trusted...

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YouTube will try to automatically flag AI videos starting this month
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YouTube will try to automatically flag AI videos starting this month

YouTube is implementing stricter AI labeling requirements, making disclosure labels more visible below video players...

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YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them
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YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them

YouTube is making AI-generated content labels more prominent and visible on both Shorts and long-form videos,...

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YouTube will now automatically label AI videos
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YouTube will now automatically label AI videos

YouTube will automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI-generated content rather than relying...

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Google Cloud COO says AI security belongs in the boardroom, not just the server room
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Google Cloud COO says AI security belongs in the boardroom, not just the server room

Google Cloud COO Francis de Souza emphasizes that AI security must be addressed at the executive and board level, not...

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Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google
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Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

The article discusses how the AI industry, including major players like Google, is currently navigating security...

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Google CEO Pichai now calls links a "part" of search, redefining the web's role in its own product
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Google CEO Pichai now calls links a "part" of search, redefining the web's role in its own product

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reframing links and sources as merely a "part" of search rather than its foundation,...

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Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
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Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search

Google's AI-powered search results are becoming so convenient that users will inevitably adopt them despite concerns...

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It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems
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It’s make or break time for AI labeling systems

Google announced an expansion of SynthID, an invisible watermarking system for AI-generated content, alongside C2PA...

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Google is trying to make deepfake detection more accessible for everyone
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Google is trying to make deepfake detection more accessible for everyone

Google is expanding AI detection capabilities to Chrome and Search to help users identify deepfakes and AI-generated...

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