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AI's threat to Google is more about advertising income than being the number one search engine

Google’s dominance as the most visited website has been undisputed since it rose to prominence as the leading search engine in the early 2000s. However, that position could now be facing its biggest ever threat, with the arrival of new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT, which can answer…

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Brian Merchant: Minimum wage 'ghosts' keep Google and Microsoft's AI arms race from becoming a nightmare

When Google's algorithms work like they're supposed to — when they show you the bit of information you're looking for and not nonsense or weird porn or propaganda or dangerous medical advice — you have people like Ed Stackhouse to thank.

Los Angeles Times

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's exit costs Silicon Valley one of its most influential female executives

She famously rented her garage to Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on social media immunity laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a pair of cases related to one of the central laws underpinning the modern internet.

Roll Call

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Review: You’ve Seen This Before

Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra’s biggest upgrade is its camera, but unless you’re interested in 200-megapixel photos or the S Pen, you might be better off keeping your current smartphone.

Inverse

TikTok plans 2 more European data centers amid privacy fears

TikTok is planning two more European data centers, as the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app seeks to allay growing concerns about data privacy for its users in the West

The Independent UK

Microsoft may limit how long people can talk to its ChatGPT-powered Bing because the A.I. bot gets emotional if it works for too long

Microsoft is reportedly considering imposing limits on how long users can interact with Bing's A.I., along with other guardrails to curb biases.

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ChatGPT Could Make Tech Feel More Human — But Don’t Treat It Like One, AI Experts Say

Chatbots could make tech more convenient, but they could also pose new risks.

Inverse

Google, Twitter, Meta, Apple Face Tougher EU Online Content Rules

Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter and Apple face stricter EU online content rules, based on monthly user numbers published by the companies, which exceeded an EU threshold for big online platforms. The new rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) label companies with more than…

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Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?

There’s a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its new Bing search chatbot, Sydney, which has been terrifying early adopters with death threats, among other troubling outputs.

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Google case at Supreme Court risks upending the internet as we know it

Tribune News Service

Former Googler pulls back the curtain on a bureaucratic ‘maze’—and lambastes bosses and employees for losing sight of what’s important

Software engineer Praveen Seshadri’s essay comes at a sensitive time for Google.

Fortune

Most of us are still worried about AI — but will corporate America listen?

Americans are concerned about the rapid takeover of bots in every day life. Where do we draw the line?

WEKU

YouTube Shorts breeds goodwill among creators with new revenue sharing model

This is what creators report in the first weeks that YouTube has shared Shorts advertising revenue with video makers.

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The Independent UK

YouTube CEO steps down, severing longtime ties to Google

Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation, is stepped down as YouTube’s CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment, culture and politics

ABC News

Google and Microsoft's AI search chatbots are here, but they aren't perfect. Here's why they are getting things wrong

Tech giants Google and Microsoft have debuted new AI search chatbots, and both have run into issues.

Reason

Google, Section 230 & Nohemi Gonzalez

Philip Hamburger's Op-Ed at the Federalist on a case to be argued next week

The Independent UK

CNN’s Don Lemon addresses backlash over his claim Nikki Haley is not ‘in her prime’

The CNN host encouraged viewers to ‘Google it’

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Radio silence on Govt plan to regulate Big Tech

Government plans to subject tech companies like Facebook and Google to the same content regulations as news media and advertisers may have been put on hold.

Tribune News Service

Google case at Supreme Court risks upending the internet as we know it

An upcoming Supreme Court case could answer one of the toughest questions of the internet age: Should online companies be held responsible for promoting harmful speech?

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Google is mismanaged and has ‘delusions of exceptionalism,’ entrepreneur who sold his start-up to the search giant says

After selling his company, the start-up founder worked as a software engineer at Google for three years.

Reason

Section 230 and the Curse of Politics

Gonzalez v. Google presents the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to weigh in on Section 230.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Big Tech makes billions off our personal data. It’s time for the US to pull in the reins

Every day, the $6.7 trillion Big Tech industry affects our lives in ways that empower and harm. Despite recent hits in earnings, current layoffs and Google getting slapped with yet another lawsuit from the Justice Department, the tech giants are still all-powerful in our society, economy and daily lives. They…

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Users Say Microsoft's Bing Chatbot Gets Defensive and Testy

Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales…

Daily Mirror

Google boss issues urgent warning to anybody using advanced AI chatbot ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an advanced AI chatbot trained by OpenAI and interacts conversationally - it is a free online service which answers questions for people who register

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