The Justice Department has dropped its bid to force Google to sell its artificial intelligence (AI) investments. That’s according to a report Friday (March 7) by Reuters, which said the government is still seeking a court order that would compel the tech giant to sell...
Google’s co-founder has reportedly urged the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) teams to “turbocharge” their work. Sergey Brin, who stepped down as Google’s president in 2019 but retains a seat on the board, says that means coming into the office “at least every week day,” working...
Google removed its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Gemini from the Google app for iOS devices, telling customers they can access the AI assistant by downloading the Gemini app from the App Store. The company delivered the news to customers in an email, TechCrunch reported Wednesday...
Google is making its visual search tool, Google Lens, available for use on iPhones. The feature is rolling out this week and will be offered globally on both Chrome and the Google app for iOS, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 19) press release....
Google has filed a patent for a personalized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that can answer — and respond to — phone calls on your behalf. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the patent filing on Tuesday (Feb. 11) for a chatbot that can automatically...
Global daily visits to Google search are “stable” despite the surge in the number of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude that summarize answers for users, according to an exclusive Bank of America Global Research report seen by PYMNTS, released Monday (Feb. 10)....
Google is reportedly optimistic that it will release commercial quantum computing applications within five years. That achievement would be sooner than the several years to two decades often predicted by investors and experts, Reuters reported Wednesday (Feb. 5). “We’re optimistic that within five years we’ll see real-world applications...
When Google parent company Alphabet reports earnings Tuesday (Feb. 4), it is reportedly likely to face questions from investors about the amount it is spending on artificial intelligence (AI). The company is estimated to have spent $50 billion on AI in 2024 and is expected to spend more...
Google has reportedly been ordered by Indonesia’s antitrust agency to pay fines of 202 billion rupiah (about $12.4 million) for alleged unfair business practices. The agency found that the company abused its dominant position by threatening to remove app developers from its Google Play app store...
