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Google hopes its chatbot 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with Bard," a conversational service apparently aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of trusted testers" before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google's chatbot is supposed to be able to explain complex subjects such as outer space discoveries in terms simple enough for a child to understand. It also claims the service will also perform other more mundane tasks, such as providing tips for planning a party, or lunch ideas based on what food is left in a refrigerator. Pichai didn't say in his post whether Bard will be able to write prose in the vein of William Shakespeare, the playwright who apparently inspired the service's name. Bard can be an outlet for creativity, and a launchpad for curiosity," Pichai wrote Google announced Bard's existen

Google Chrome may soon let users erase 15 minutes of history on Android

The new feature is likely to be available from the overflow menu located where the three vertical dots are in the top right corner

Google invests nearly $400 million in ChatGPT rival Anthropic: Report

According to the report, the deal gives Google a stake in Anthropic, but doesn't require the startup to spend the funds buying cloud services from Google

Google, Apple, Amazon give investors reason to fret as Q4 profits drop

Wall Street had its eyes on Friday on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances. That included Apple Inc. The company posted its first quarterly revenue drop in nearly four years after pandemic-driven restrictions on its China factories curtailed sales of the latest iPhone during the holiday season. Amazon reported worse-than-expected fourth-quarter profits, but its revenue beat expectations boosted by sales in its cloud-computing unit AWS, which is also seeing a slow-down in growth. Google's parent company Alphabet posted a lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year's fourth quarter, as a decline in online ad spending and competition from rivals weigh on the search giant. While overall revenue grew, advertising revenue fell by nearly 4 per cent and revenue at YouTube declined 8 per cent year-over-year. Amazon ended on Friday down 8.4 per cent and Alphabet lost 2.8 per cent. Apple bounced back, finishi

Investors fret on Google, Apple, Amazon's lackluster quarterly performance

Wall Street has its eyes on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances. That included Apple Inc. The company posted its first quarterly revenue drop in nearly four years after pandemic-driven restrictions on its China factories curtailed sales of the latest iPhone during the holiday season. Amazon reported worse-than-expected fourth-quarter profits, but its revenue beat expectations boosted by sales in its cloud-computing unit AWS, which is also seeing a slow-down in growth. Google's parent company Alphabet posted a lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year's fourth quarter, as a decline in online ad spending and competition from rivals weigh on the search giant. While overall revenue grew, advertising revenue fell by nearly 4% and revenue at YouTube declined 8% year-over-year. Amazon fell 4% and Alphabet fell 2% Friday. Apple bounced back 3% in midday trading.

YouTube releases 'Go Live Together' for creators to co-stream on phone

The video streaming platform also indicated that it may introduce the feature to YouTube on the desktop version

Google to host event about artificial intelligence on February 8

The 40-minute event will be streamed on YouTube

YouTube Shorts now averaging over 50 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai

YouTube advertising revenue was $7.96 billion -- down 8 per cent from $8.63 billion the year prior -- in the December quarter

Google's parent Alphabet reports $76 bn in revenue, bets big on AI

The company said it would take a charge of between $1.9 billion and $2.3 billion related to the layoffs of 12,000 employees

Apple, Google urged to remove TikTok from app stores by US Senator

In the letter, the Senator from Colorado highlighted the danger of TikTok's extensive reach in the US

Google to add new feature to let users use Android phone as USB webcam

Tech giant Google is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to use their Android phone as a USB webcam

Google workers stage rallies against job cuts, low wages on US coasts

The protest in New York, which drew about 50 employees outside a Google store on Ninth Avenue, began just minutes after parent company Alphabet Inc. reported fourth-quarter results

Samsung partners with Qualcomm, Google to build extended reality ecosystem

Samsung Electronics Co has announced that it has partnered with Qualcomm and Google to build an ecosystem for extended reality (XR)

Google may soon allow users to translate text within images in Chrome

Tech giant Google is reportedly working on a new way to easily translate text within images in Chrome

Google plans to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS this year

Google has said that the company is planning to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS later this year, which will make it easier for users to install the app and open files

Indian cos see Google's changes bringing China-like ecosystem in India: Rpt

The existence of multiple operating systems in China enables the users to have a wide variety to choose from

Google's upcoming Pixel Tablet may come with 2 dock options: Report

Last week, it was reported that the company might release a Pro version of its upcoming Pixel Tablet, which will feature a Tensor G2 chip

Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformation

Google's Threat Analysis Group has terminated thousands of accounts associated with a group known as "Dragonbridge" or "Spamouflage Dragon" that disseminated pro-Chinese disinformation

Google Meet users can now share access to presented content with attendees

Google is rolling out a new feature to its video-communication service 'Google Meet' which will allow users to share access to the content they are presenting in a meeting with attendees

Google introduces AI system that generates music from text descriptions

Google has introduced a new AI system called - "MusicLM" that can generate high-fidelity music in any genre given a text description