Amid complaints that its search results have declined in quality, Google is tweaking its algorithms to do a better job of weeding out spammy or automated content. The company says the ranking updates, arriving in May, will “keep the lowest-quality content out of search.” Of particular note, Google says its engine will be better at … Read more
Photo: rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) For weeks, Google has been warning users it’s getting ready to redesign its login page, an interface that billions of people use every day to access Gmail and countless websites across the internet. As of this week, the revamp is rolling out, and users are getting a first look. Video … Read more
Google has unveiled its ambitious plans for its experimental chatbot, Bard. The tech giant sees Bard as a pathway to creating another product with a user base of two billion, a feat that only a handful of products have achieved so far. Bard, the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot, is designed to help users … Read more
In the world of AI, generating images from words has become quite a trend. You might have heard of tools like DALL-E and Midjourney, which turn text into pictures. Well, Google, the search giant, is now joining the party with its Search Generative Experience (SGE) feature. In August 2023, Google unveiled the SGE feature. Originally, … Read more
When it comes to international trade and investment, AI will create some obvious winners and losers. It’s the second-order effects that may prove more interesting. To understand those, start with two premises: First, AI services will consume a lot of energy, not all of which will be green. Second, many nations will regulate either the … Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a US court on Monday that Google’s dominance of the search engine market made it very hard for rivals to emerge, hitting out sharply at the business practices of his company’s archrival. Nadella spoke to a courtroom in Washington DC, where lawyers from the US Department of Justice are attempting … Read more
A top Google executive had once called the company’s search advertising business as ‘world’s greatest business model’ rivalled by only illicit businesses like ‘cigarettes or drugs’. Also Read| Apple defends decision to set Google as default search engine on iPhones, Macs, says ‘no viable alternative’ Google Vice President for Finance Michael Roszak made the remarks … Read more
A senior Google executive once likened the company’s search advertising business to selling drugs, calling it “one of the world’s greatest business models ever created” since the company can “ignore” users and focus on generating revenue from advertising. Michael Roszak, vice president for finance at Alphabet Inc.’s Google, wrote the notes during a July 2017 … Read more
Google has unveiled a new feature, Google-Extended, offering website publishers the ability to exclude their data from contributing to the development of Google’s AI models. While websites will still remain accessible through Google Search, this tool provides publishers with greater control over the use of their content for AI training purposes. In effect, Google will … Read more
Home Tech News Microsoft Considered Investing Billions in Apple to Compete With Google Search Microsoft Corp. weighed investing multiple billions in Apple Inc. in 2016 in order to secure a deal to make its Bing search engine the default on the Safari browser. By: BLOOMBERG Updated on: Sep 29 2023, 06:12 IST Microsoft Chief Executive … Read more