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YouTube Announces AI-Enabled Editing Products for Video Creators
YouTube will roll out a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered features for creators, the latest effort from parent company Alphabet to incorporate generative AI — technology that can create and synthesize text, images, music and other media given simple prompts — into its most important products and services. Among the new products YouTube announced Thursday is a […]
Google to Pay Over $155 Million to Settle Claims About Tracking Location Data
Google agreed to pay $155 million (nearly Rs. 1,300 crore) to settle claims by California and private plaintiffs that the search engine company misled consumers about how it tracks their locations, and used their data without consent. Both settlements resolve claims that the Alphabet unit deceived people into believing they maintained control over how Google […]
Google, Meta May Need to Pay Over CAD 230 Million Under Online News Act
Canada on Friday unveiled draft rules for a law designed to compel Alphabet‘s Google and Meta Platforms pay news outlets, saying Ottawa was addressing the companies’ concerns that they may be facing an uncapped liability. Canada’s Online News Act, part of a global trend to make Internet giants pay for news, became law in June and […]
Google Brings Generative AI to Search in India in English and Hindi
Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it introduced generative artificial intelligence to its Search tool for users in India and Japan that will show text or visual results to prompts, including summaries. The feature, which was first launched only in the United States, was rolled out this week in the two countries, and users will have […]
Google Unveils AI-Powered Tools to Enterprise Customers at $30 Monthly Fee
Google on Tuesday made its artificial intelligence-powered tools available to enterprise customers at a monthly price of $30 (nearly Rs. 2,500) per user, as the Alphabet-owned firm looks to cash in on the technology’s surge in popularity this year. The price is the same as rival Microsoft‘s “Copilot” AI-powered office software suite that includes Teams […]
News Organisations Call for Regulations on Content Use by AI Makers
A group of the world’s biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday. The note, signed by industry bodies like the News Media Alliance — which includes nearly 2,000 publications in the United States — […]