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University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement
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University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement

Eric Schmidt delivered a commencement address at the University of Arizona where students booed his optimistic remarks...

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YouTube opens its deepfake face-swap detection tool to all adult creators
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YouTube opens its deepfake face-swap detection tool to all adult creators

YouTube has expanded its Likeness Detection tool to all creators aged 18 and older, allowing them to identify...

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YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users
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YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users

YouTube is expanding its AI-powered deepfake detection tool to all users over 18, allowing people to scan for...

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Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI
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Google updates its spam rules to include attempts to ‘manipulate’ AI

Google updated its spam policy to classify attempts to manipulate its AI search results as spam, including tactics...

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Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard
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Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

An interactive map created by Isabelle Reksopuro tracks data center construction and AI policy, highlighting the...

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Google says it stopped a mass cyberattack after AI was used to discover a zero-day exploit
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Google says it stopped a mass cyberattack after AI was used to discover a zero-day exploit

Google's Threat Intelligence Group discovered the first known case of attackers using AI to identify and exploit a...

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Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI
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Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI

Google's threat intelligence team discovered and stopped a zero-day exploit that was developed with AI assistance,...

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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

Google DeepMind workers in the UK have voted to unionize, seeking to prevent the company's AI models from being used in...

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Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
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Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts

Google DeepMind employees have voted to unionize with 98% support, seeking to prevent the company's AI technology from...

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Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
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Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal

Google has signed a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to expand access to its AI capabilities after...

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Google signs AI deal with the Pentagon, ignoring protest from over 600 employees
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Google signs AI deal with the Pentagon, ignoring protest from over 600 employees

Google has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense providing access to its AI models for classified work,...

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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI
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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI

Google has signed a classified deal allowing the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for any lawful...

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Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use
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Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use

Over 600 Google employees, including senior leaders from DeepMind, signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai opposing the...

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How Project Maven taught the military to love AI
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How Project Maven taught the military to love AI

Project Maven is a US military AI system using computer vision to accelerate military targeting, enabling rapid strikes...

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Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube
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Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection and removal feature to celebrities, allowing public figures to find and...

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YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities
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YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities

YouTube is expanding its AI-powered likeness detection tool to help celebrities and their representatives identify and...

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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

A developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID watermarking system for AI-generated images,...

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Strengthening enterprise governance for rising edge AI workloads
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Strengthening enterprise governance for rising edge AI workloads

Enterprise security leaders face mounting governance challenges as edge AI models like Google Gemma 4 proliferate...

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Deepmind CEO Hassabis says AGI will hit like ten industrial revolutions compressed into a single decade
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Deepmind CEO Hassabis says AGI will hit like ten industrial revolutions compressed into a single decade

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts AGI could arrive within five years and warns its impact will be equivalent to ten...

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