Alphabet, the parent company of Google, said on Tuesday (Dec 19) it would restrict some types of queries related to elections which can be answered by its chatbot Bard and also the generative search.

Alphabet says will restrict election-related queries on Bard and AI-based search

Alphabet just got a reminder of how crucial it is for investors to believe the company has a successful ai strategy. This past week, the owner of Google saw a $87 billion rise in market worth in a single day following the demonstration of its Gemini big language model. The company says Gemini can compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. Alphabet must demonstrate to investors how its technological expertise will increase sales if it hopes to maintain those gains.

Alphabet’s AI model ‘Gemini’ sparks $87 bn surge | World Business Watch

Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. has witnessed a staggering surge in market value, gaining an impressive $87 billion in just one day. This surge followed a compelling demonstration of Alphabet's Gemini large language model, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI) that has drawn comparisons to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Alphabet's Gemini AI sparks market surge, paving the way for Google's technological leap

WION's Business Desk brings you this daily round up of global stories from the world of business and economy. 95pc of the Indian population remains uninsured: National Insurance Academy Based on data released on Thursday, the National Insurance Academy's most recent report has revealed a grim fact: 95 per cent of India's 144 crore people do not have health insurance.

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The US government on Thursday (November 16) concluded the main arguments in the antitrust case against Alphabet-owned Google. This has concluded the evidentiary phase of the case in which Google finds itself accused of breaking antitrust law in order to lead the market.

US concludes main arguments against Google in antitrust case

US technology giants are on the brink of revealing their strongest quarterly revenue growth in over a year. However, investors hoping for an artificial intelligence boost might be in for a surprise.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon's Q3 earnings preview

Australian regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X, rebranded from Twitter, $385,000 (A$610,500) as it failed to cooperate with a probe into anti-child abuse practices after not providing information about its efforts to combat child exploitation.

Australia fines Musk’s X $385,000 for failure to provide information on child abuse content

Ever wondered why when someone asks you a question, you say 'Google it'? Well, the search engine has become a part of our daily lives. So much so, Google sees 8.5 billion searches daily. But why has no other search engine come close to Google's success? Is the Alphabet-owned company quashing its competitors? U.S. antitrust trial to find out soon.

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Alphabet the parent company of Google has defied expectations with its second-quarter earnings the company's profits have increased driven by steady demand for its cloud services in a remarkable rebound in the advertising sector. Meanwhile, Microsoft witnessed stock declines after Azure's Cloud Revenue growth hit a bump.

Alphabet's tech earnings report card

Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when a law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the Alphabet-owned company said on Thursday.

Google to remove news links in Canada over law on paying publishers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Alphabet's Google and Meta platforms of using "bullying tactics" in response to Canadian efforts to secure financial support for news publishers.

Canada's Justin Trudeau slams Google and Meta of using 'bullying tactics'

Google's parent company Alphabet and its rival Microsoft have surprised the markets as they announced better-than-expected earnings on Tuesday.

Alphabet, Microsoft earnings beat estimates

Alphabet's Google has had a major legal victory in a decade-old case after it was able to covince a US court to cancel at least three patent infringement claims against its chrome browser.

Google wins decade-long legal case in US

Alphabet's parent company, Google, continues to experience negative news as its shares dropped about 4% on Monday on reports that Samsung may switch Google's default search engine for its devices to Microsoft's Bing.

Samsung may make bing default search engine

ChatGPT is all the rage right now. Microsoft has extended its partnership with its maker OpenAI. Google has joined this chatbot race with its own Bard AI. However, a mistake in the demo caused a loss of approximately $100 billion in Valuation for Alphabet, Google's parent company.

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As the tech sector continues to bleed dry amid a drop in revenue and earnings, Intel on Tuesday announced it was cutting top management pay. The chipmaker said its CEO Pat Gelsinger was receiving a 25 per cent cut to his basic salary to preserve cash and initiate a recovery process.

Intel cuts management pay and fires 340 employees to preserve cash

A day after India's top court refused to block an antitrust watchdog ruling against Alphabet-owned Google, the company has made key changes in its rulebook that include removing restrictions on smartphone makers related to pre-installation of apps.

Google policy overhaul: India's smartphone makers, Android users get better control

Google parent Alphabet announced that it is planning to cut roughly 12,000 jobs or 6 per cent of its global workforce worldwide, CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an e-mail communication amid mass layoffs across major tech companies.

Google parent Alphabet to layoff 12,000 employees

Google announces job cuts, CEO says 'I take full responsibility for decisions that led us here'

Google parent Alphabet has approved a new equity award for Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai. More of Pichai's pay is tied to performance.

New equity award for Google's CEO Sundar Pichai that ties more of his pay to performance

The technological competitors of Google on Thursday announced a project which will be aimed at making data sets required for building map features available for free.

Google’s rival tech firms join hands to make comprehensive mapping data

Alphabet, Google's parent company, will soon join the layoff season in the United States' Silicon Valley as it plans to lay off up to 10,000 or six per cent of the company's "poor-performing" employees, said a report by The Information.

Google to lay off at least 10,000 ‘poor-performing’ employees in 2023: Report

Google parent company Alphabet is planning to lay off about six percent of its global workforce, according to a new report. Six percent would roughly mean 10,000 employees in terms of headcount.

Report: Google parent Alphabet plans to lay off about 10,000 employees

Digital media sector is worried on Google parent Alphabets disappointing ads. There are fears that advertisers have cut back on spending in the face of an economic slowdown.

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