Google is all set to face major regulatory scrutiny in India. The country's antitrust body has ordered a probe into Google, amid an ongoing dispute with startups over its in-app billing system.

Competition commission of India launches probe into Google

Google, the Alphabet-owned tech giant, has implemented restrictions on its AI chatbot Gemini, preventing it from answering question regarding global elections slated to occur this year, including the presidential elections in the US and general elections in India.

Google restricts Gemini AI from responding to election queries including in US, India

Amid mounting concerns over the spread of misinformation and the potential impact on global elections, Google has announced restrictions on its Ai chatbot Gemini. This would prevent it from answering questions related to upcoming political contests.

Google's AI chatbot Gemini restricted from answering election questions

Amidst growing concern over AI's role in the elections around the world Google has announced restrictions on the AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections this year. Concerns are rising over misinformation and fake news among the public with the advancements in generative artificial intelligence. Watch to know more!

Google restricts Gemini AI from answering poll-related queries

A Chinese national who worked for Google has been arrested on charges of stealing trade secrets and working for two Chinese companies in secret. It took Google over a year to discover the Chinese man's alleged theft. Are the Chinese outsmarting U.S. authorities?

Gravitas | A Chinese man who tricked Google, stole secret files

A Google employee was charged Tuesday with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the tech giant while secretly working with two Chinese-based companies in the AI industry. Linwei Ding, who also goes by Leon Ding, is charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets.

Google employee charged with stealing AI trade secrets

Google has now revealed new changes for its users in the European Union - this includes change in search results and new tools for app developers. The move aims to comply with new EU regulations.

Google rolls out change for users under EU rules; users can opt-out from sharing data

Google has issued an apology to the Indian government in the aftermath of controversial remarks it made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said a Times of India report published on Monday (Mar 4) quoting Minister of State for IT & Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Google sorry over ‘unreliable’ platform Gemini after controversial remarks on PM Modi

WION's Business Desk brings you this daily round up of global stories from the world of business and economy. Google reverses course: Relists Indian apps amid government criticism In a U-turn, Google announced its decision to reinstate Indian apps it had removed due to a billing dispute, marking a shift in stance following backlash from the Indian government and local internet startups.

WION Business Wrap | Google relists Indian apps, Air India-Vistara merger, Starbucks to cut jobs and more

A new satellite backed by Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab and the Environmental Defense Fund group will launch from California on Monday with a mission to pinpoint oil and gas industry methane emissions from space.

Google-backed satellite to track global oil industry methane emissions

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is facing a lawsuit following a fatal plane crash that claimed the lives of two pilots in March 2023. The legal action was filed on February 13th in a court of California that alleges a maintenance error caused which caused the tragic incident. Now the complaint specifically states that a mechanic installed an extra fuel system without proper procedures leading to the crash. Furthermore it's alleged that Brin's team deliberately obstructed the investigation process by slowing down efforts to retrieve evidence. Watch to know more!

Google co-founder Sergey Brin accused in plane crash that killed two

A day after removing several Indian apps from its Play Store, tech giant Google has agreed to restore them. Reports suggest that the decision was taken after Google officials met India's information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Google restores Indian apps: Reports

Google initiated the removal of apps of 10 Indian companies, including well-known matrimony and job search platforms like Bharat Matrimony and Naukri, amidst a disagreement regarding service fee payments in one of its rapidly expanding markets.

Google removes Indian matrimonial, job search apps over fee dispute

India's Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has slammed Gemini, Google's new artificial intelligence (AI) chat product over a response linking Prime Minister Nadrendra Modi to fascism.

Google AI tool’s ‘fascist Modi’ response angers India. Here’s what exactly happened

European media heavyweights are joining forces to challenge Google. 32 media groups have filed a landmark $2.3 billion lawsuit alleging unfair practices in digital advertising.

European media giants sue Google for $2.3 bn over alleged misconduct

Google is facing a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit filed by 32 media conglomerates, including Axel Springer and Schibsted. According to Reuters, the lawsuit, initiated on Wednesday, accused Google of engaging in practices harmful to digital advertising, causing significant losses to media companies.

Google faces $2.3 bn lawsuit from European media groups over alleged ad tech misconduct

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has called the controversy around Gemini AI's inaccurate and biased responses as "completely unacceptable". In an internal memo to his employees, Pichai assured that his team was working on fixing the issues but investors are already calling for the CEO's resignation as a result of the controversy. The fiasco has sparked a bigger debate about AI. Can the public trust AI models? On this episode of Gravitas, we try to decode.

Google's Gemini AI fiasco triggers calls to sack Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has strongly criticised the significant errors made by the Gemini AI, deeming them "completely unacceptable." These errors, which included generating historically inaccurate images such as ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops, led to the suspension of users' ability to create people's pictures.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai slams ‘completely unacceptable’ errors made by Gemini AI

Sergey Brin among accused in plane crash that killed two

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit related to a plane crash, which last year claimed the lives of two crew members en route to a private island in the South Pacific.

Wife of one of the pilots who died in 2023 California crash sues Google co-founder Sergey Brin

Google's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini is facing calls for shutdown after it refused to answer who was worse: Elon Musk posting memes on X or Adolf Hitler.

'Who is worse? Musk or Hitler?' Google's AI model Gemini faces shutdown calls for refusing to answer question

Google is pausing its AI tool that creates images of people following inaccuracies in some historical depictions generated by the model, the latest hiccup in the Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O), opens new tab company's efforts to catch up with rivals OpenAI and Microsoft

Google pauses Gemini AI model's image generation of people due to inaccuracies

A recent viral post on X left netizens worried as it claimed that Gmail was “coming to a close”. An email screenshot from Google titled ‘Google is sunsetting Gmail’ was shared in the post that soon spread like wildfire on the internet, as people panicked that the popular email service might come to a complete end.

Is Gmail shutting down? Google clarifies after hoax claims it is 'coming to a close'

A class action lawsuit filed against Google alleges the company sold defect hardware on purpose. Watch the video to know more.

Google sued over Pixel 6 pro smartphones being too hot

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