YouTube chief says ‘managing AI slop’ is a priority for 2026
Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube speaks during a panel for the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said reducing “AI slop” and detecting deepfakes are priorities for the Google-owned video site in 2026. “It’s becoming harder to detect what’s real and […]
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Google files to appeal search monopoly case
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google on Friday filed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the company held an illegal monopoly in […]
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Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence
Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Google is letting users test a new artificial intelligence tool that connects information from various apps like Gmail and Google Photos to provide personalized answers in its chatbot. The feature, called Personal Intelligence, is available for personal accounts, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. “Whether it’s […]
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Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty Images Google parent company Alphabet has become the fourth member of the $4 trillion club. Alphabet shares popped about 1% Monday, after Apple said it had picked […]
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Google bolsters bet on AI-powered commerce with new platform for shopping agents
The Google logo displayed on a smartphone alongside a shopping cart. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images As retailers increasingly turn to artificial intelligence tools to lure shoppers and run key parts of their business, Google wants to make sure it’s in the center of the action. At the kickoff of […]
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Google is unleashing Gemini AI features on Gmail. Users will have to opt out
NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Google is adding more Gemini features to Gmail, providing upgrades like artificial intelligence-generated summaries of email threads, the company said Thursday. The company said its latest updates will be rolled out in phases, and some features will be turned on by default in inboxes, meaning users who don’t want […]
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Alphabet’s market cap surpasses Apple’s for first time since 2019
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gives a thumbs up as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Google parent company Alphabet saw its market capitalization surpass Apple’s for the first time since 2019. Alphabet’s market cap closed at $3.88 trillion on Wednesday. […]
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Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google and Character.AI will settle with families who sued the companies over harm to minors, including suicides, allegedly caused by artificial intelligence chatbots. According to court documents filed this week, the families and companies have agreed to work out settlement terms. In one case, […]
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Google’s boomerang year: 20% of AI software engineers hired in 2025 were ex-employees
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the AI talent wars heating up between companies like OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic, one way Google has been competing is by aggressively rehiring […]
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Alphabet-owned Waymo in talks to raise $15 billion in funding
Waymo co-CEOs (L-R): Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov Waymo Self-driving car company Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion in funding in the new year. The robotaxi company plans to raise billions from Alphabet, its parent company, as well as outside investors at a valuation as high as $110 billion, according to a person […]
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