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Google's $15 billion India data centre project faces environmental concerns

The tech giant's planned Andhra Pradesh data centre hub is facing legal challenges and protests over concerns about water resources and its proximity to a wildlife sanctuary

Google shifts AI leadership to California in race against Anthropic, OpenAI

The company is consolidating its artificial intelligence leadership in Mountain View as it seeks faster decision-making and a stronger position in the race against OpenAI and Anthropic

Google shakes up AI leadership, DeepMind CEO Hassabis new chief scientist

Alphabet named Demis Hassabis its chief scientist while several senior Gemini leaders, including Jeff Dean, left to launch a new AI startup.

Bombay HC orders removal of defamatory posts against Nitin Gadkari

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Union minister Nitin Gadkari, ordering Meta, X and Google to immediately remove all the "vile, abusive, obscene and defamatory" social media posts targeting him. A single-judge bench of Justice Arif Doctor issued the direction while hearing a civil defamation suit filed by the Minister for Road Transport and Highways challenging a series of AI-generated deepfake videos and manipulated digital posts that falsely alleged Gadkari and his family received illegal financial benefits from the Centre's ethanol-blended petrol (E20) initiative. "These posts, on the face of it, are abusive, vile, and obscene," Justice Doctor said, adding, "The material on the face of it is absolutely vile and abusive. Such material should have no place on a public platform, which is accessible to everyone, including the younger generation." The bench directed Meta, X Corp and Google LLC to ensure forthwith that the posts are taken down. Justice Doct

Best of BS Opinion: India must align ESG disclosures with global standards

Today's opinions examine PVC import restrictions, India's judicial backlog, reforms to ESG disclosures, digital inequalities in Neet and what Google searches reveal about society

'What we ask Google' offers intriguing insights, but few fresh revelations

For at least three generations now, Google is like a second conscience. Simon Rogers, data editor at Google, mines our search data for clues into who we are becoming

Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing

Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed in recent days that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies, stirring concerns among US ‌lawmakers

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

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

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

Google launches Gemini Spark in India: Here’s what the AI agent can do

Google has started rolling out its latest AI agent, Gemini Spark, in India for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Unlike traditional chatbots, it is designed to work continuously in the background,

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

Parliamentary panel summons Meta, Google, X over social media regulation

A Parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of major social media platforms, including Instagram, along with officials of the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Home Affairs, on August 3 to discuss regulation of social media and digital platforms. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, said the panel has called representatives of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Google, X (formerly Twitter) and Snapchat to explain how they protect the privacy of women, children, farmers, rural residents, labourers and the general public, and ensure public order. The meeting comes days after social media, particularly Instagram, was extensively used by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to publicise and mobilise participants for its student protest at Jantar Mantar. The demonstrations, which were held over the NEET-UG paper leak and other issues, drew widespread attention online, ..

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

Bombay HC permits Gadkari to sue Meta, X, others over defamatory deepfakes

The Bombay High Court on Monday permitted Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to file a civil suit against Meta Platforms, X Corp, Google LLC and other unknown persons over "defamatory" deepfakes and AI-generated posts uploaded against him. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and senior BJP leader had filed a leave petition under Clause XII of Letters Patent, a procedural requirement wherein permission of the court is sought before filing of a suit, when part of the cause of action arises outside the territorial jurisdiction of the high court. Such leave (permission) is necessary to enable the court to hear and decide a suit despite jurisdictional limitations. Gadkari's leave petition came up for hearing on Monday before a single bench of Justice Abhay Ahuja. His lawyer Sandeep Ladda submitted that online platforms have made alleged defamatory and deepfake content publicly available, including to users in Maharashtra. Since this content is accessible here, Ladda argued that

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

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

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

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