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Alphabet rolls back AI image feature in Google Earth over policy concerns
The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed users to generate photorealistic images grounded in Google Earth's satellite, aerial and 3D imagery by typing a text prompt
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Indians involved in solving world's toughest problems: Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind executives explain how the AI lab is deploying autonomous agents in the country
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Google study finds workplace AI acting more as assistant than replacement
Based on 15 million interactions, Google's study finds AI is used across 68 per cent of occupations but complete task automation accounts for less than 10 per cent of interactions
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Google introduces personalised round-the-clock AI assistant Gemini Spark
New AI agent will proactively complete tasks with user approval and roll out to Gemini AI Ultra and Pro subscribers in the coming weeks
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Parliamentary panel summons Meta, Google, X over social media regulation
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said the panel has called representatives of Meta, Google, X and Snapchat to explain how they protect the privacy and ensure public order
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From Google to Zomato: What the Digital Competition Bill means for firms
The Union government may raise thresholds under the proposed Digital Competition Bill. Here's what the law seeks to do, who may fall within its scope and why the changes matter
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Bombay HC permits Gadkari to sue Meta, X, others over defamatory deepfakes
The HC allowed Gadkari to file a civil suit against Meta, X, Google and unknown persons over allegedly defamatory AI-generated deepfakes and fake posts linked to the ethanol-blended fuel programme
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Trump threatens fresh EU tariffs after $1 billion Google antitrust fine
Trump said Washington would launch a Section 301 trade investigation into EU after regulators imposed antitrust fine on Google, calling the penalties discriminatory against US technology firms
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Alphabet raises AI spending target to $205 billion as cloud demand surges
Tech giant lifts 2026 capital expenditure guidance by up to $15 billion after reporting robust cloud growth, signalling an even bigger bet on AI infrastructure
Google is building AI fence around the internet it once championed
Google's AI-powered search is keeping users on its platform, raising concerns that declining traffic to websites could threaten the future of the open web
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Google plans new chip to run Gemini models more efficiently: Report
Google expects new chip, dubbed "Frozen v2," to help address an AI computing capacity crunch that has fueled internal tensions and prompted Google Cloud to decline deals with outside customers
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Techno-feudal giants worldwide have upended the state-corporation balance
The West would like to believe that oligarchs exist only in Russia, but that isn't the case beyond ideology
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EU orders Google to open services to AI, search rivals under Big Tech rules
EU regulators have told Google to give OpenAI, other AI developers and search competitors greater access to its services under the Digital Markets Act, despite the company's objections
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TCS, Google Cloud partner to launch Gemini experience centre in Kolkata
The Kolkata centre will enable enterprises in retail, consumer packaged goods, and travel, tourism and hospitality to co-create, test and scale AI-led solutions
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DeepMind's Hassabis calls for global standards body for frontier AI
Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis says AGI could arrive within years and proposes a US-led Frontier AI Standards Body as the basis for an international framework to govern advanced AI models
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Speed to safety: Why tech leaders are pushing for stronger AI regulation
As frontier AI advances faster than existing safeguards, technology leaders and experts are calling for stronger rules on testing, accountability, cybersecurity and autonomous systems
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Google expands AI push in India with enterprise and security tools
At Google I/O Connect India 2026, the company unveiled enterprise AI, cybersecurity and education initiatives while expanding in-country AI infrastructure for businesses
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Here's how screenshots are becoming AI's window into your computers
Screenshots were once digital clutter. Now, multimodal AI can understand the context, remember content, and even use them to navigate software without relying entirely on APIs
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Who decides a call is 'spam'? Inside the systems behind caller IDs
Your phone may warn you about spam before you answer. But who decides which calls get that tag, and on what basis? Read on
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Google moves Delhi HC Division Bench, challenges bar on keyword bidding
Co likely to content keyword bidding helps smaller players, gives level playing field for discoverability