Top AI Companies Join Government Effort to Set Safety Standards February 9, 2024 By Oma Seddiq and Mackenzie Hawkins The top US artificial intelligence companies will participate in a government-led effort intended to craft federal standards on the technology...
Google Calls Out Spyware Firms and Advocates for Tighter Regulation February 7, 2024 By Zeba Siddiqui Internet giant Google on Feb 6 called out a series of surveillance software companies that it said were enabling the...
Google Settles AI-Related Chip Patent Lawsuit That Sought $1.67B January 26, 2024 By Blake Brittain and Nate Raymond Google on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips that power the company’s artificial-intelligence technology, according...
Google Must Bargain With YouTube Worker Union, US Labor Board Rules January 5, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner Alphabet Inc’s Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music,...
Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Lawsuit December 29, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Alphabet’s Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who...
Google to Pay $700 Million to US States, Consumers in App Store Settlement December 20, 2023 By Michael Liedtke Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling...
Kids Suing Social Media Over Addiction Find a Win Amid Losses October 16, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Minors and parents suing Meta Inc.’s Facebook and other technology giants for the kids’ social media platform addictions won an...
Google to Defend Generative AI Users From Copyright Claims October 13, 2023 By Blake Brittain Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms...
Microsoft CEO Says Tech Giants Battling for Content to Build AI October 3, 2023 By Diane Bartz Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Monday tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial...
Google Launches Last-Ditch Effort to Overturn $2.6B EU Antitrust Fine September 20, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe’s top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro ($2.6 billion)...