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Shelly Palmer discusses a monumental legal ruling against Google for antitrust violations. A federal judge has determined that Google maintained its monopoly in online searching through exclusive contracts, effectively blocking competition. Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer discusses the recent major antitrust lawsuit loss by Google over its search engine dominance. A judge ruled that Google’s search engine has been illegally suppressing competition, with the company holding over 89% of the market for general searches and nearly 95% on mobile devices. Original Airdate: August 6, 2024 Continue Reading →

With more than 200 million monthly active users and average session durations close to 30 minutes, Character.AI may be the stickiest AI app. It was co-founded by two Googlers in November 2021 to infuse personalized superintelligence into an entertainment experience. (You can chat with pre-built synthetic characters like fake Elon Musk or fake Paris Hilton, or you can design your own.) Continue Reading →

Google has announced a new family of "open" AI models. The company says Gemma 2 models are designed to promote responsible AI development and are available for use by developers and researchers worldwide. The release includes two model sizes, Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B, each available in pre-trained and instruction-tuned variants. Continue Reading →

Google has introduced Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation tool for Google Workspace Labs. It's not available for normal people yet, and there's no general release date set. Continue Reading →

Google's DeepMind researchers have introduced a new method to accelerate AI training, which they claim significantly reduces the computational resources and time required. Continue Reading →

Meta and Google are reportedly offering tens of millions of dollars to Hollywood studios for AI licensing deals. Disco Bros is thinking about it, while the House of Mouse and Netflix… not so much. Meta and Google have no official comments. Continue Reading →

As you probably know, Google has started rolling out AI summaries called "AI Overviews" in search results. Now, they are about to start testing search and shopping ads within AI Overviews in the U.S. The ads will be displayed in a "sponsored" section and will be relevant to both the query and the information in the AI Overview. Continue Reading →

Google played catch-up yesterday as it opened I/O with a two-hour keynote you should watch at double-speed – at least until you get to a new search feature called "AI Overviews." Stop there. Rewind and watch it carefully. Continue Reading →

Will generative AI kill web traffic? It may. AI-powered search tools like perplexity.ai can do 10 minutes of Google searches in about 10 seconds. It cites its sources, gives you a range of GenAI tools to use for output, and (most importantly) does not click on ads. Continue Reading →