Jony Ive and Sam Altman are in a building
Google-owned artificial intelligence startup OpenAI’s Co-founder Sam Altman told its employees that it plans to launch its first product with ex- Apple CEO Jony Ive’s design studio, LoveFrom, later this year. Altman added the product will be a portable speaker and it’ll be able to sit on a desk or be carried around. Ive is leaving Apple after over 15 years to set up OpenAI.
Publishers were denied the option to opt out of the artificial intelligence search
Google has said that allowing publishers to choose which features are in AI Search would add “enormous complexity”, Bloomberg reported. Google Search head Liz Reid said allowing publishers to opt-out would add “enormous complexity”. Earlier, a report had claimed that Google had discussed offering publishers more granular control over how website data would be used in AI Search features.
The DOJ still believes that the company should be broken up
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is proposing to require Google to give up its Chrome web search engine. The proposal would also require Apple to stop paying partners for preferential treatment of Google’s search engine. It further requires Google to notIFY federal and state officials before proceeding with investments in artificial intelligence (AI).
The DOJ says the search monopoly must be broken through the sale of Chrome
The US Justice Department has asked a federal judge to limit Google’s Chrome browser and its search services to Google-owned Motorola Mobility and Google Inc. This comes after the department had sued Google in August over allegations that it abused its dominant position in online search. In August, the department had said Google’s monopoly was in danger because it was acting as an illegal monopoly.
Donald Trump is not the only chaotic agent
Following US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Google CEO Sundar Pichai took to Twitter and wrote, “Thank you for your confidence in us.” “We look forward to working with you to make this a better country,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also wrote, “We’re looking forward to working together with you in your new administration.”
The company is now suing another company, as well
Epic Games, the company behind Epic Games Store that has been accused of violating Google’s anti-trust provisions, said it has now reached 10 million installs on Samsung’s phones against a target of 100 million by the end of the year. Epic Games Store claims it now requires “an exceptionally onerous 21-step process” to download a third-party app store onto a Samsung phone.
It was about control in the ad tech fight
Google’s former executive in charge of acquisitions David Drummond, in an email to Google’s board, wrote, “I believe that it would be in the best interest of our company and our shareholders if we acquired DoubleClick.” The email was obtained by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) in its antitrust trial against Google.
Susan was a Silicon Valley visionary who died at the age of 56
Google CEO Susan Wojcicki has announced that she’s stepping down from her position in February 2023 to start a new chapter. “I took on each challenge that came my way because it had a mission that benefited so many people’s lives around the world: finding information, telling stories…and supporting creators, artists, and small businesses,” Wojcicki said.
The Apple TV 4K is a good rival to the Google TV Streamer
Google unveiled its new streaming TV dongle ‘Google TV Streamer’, which can stream 4K content to the living room from Android devices. It can also control smart home devices from the living room couch with a single button press on the remote. A new feature called ‘generativeai’ lets users create screensavers in the background that can be used only once or twice.
Microsoft could not pay Apple a price for Bing, so they would not use it
Apple would have to spend $20 billion to reproduce Google’s technical infrastructure dedicated to search, a report said. “Google’s search product is much better than those of Apple and Mozilla,” it stated. “If Google made search shittier, revenues from Search would be fine,” the report added. Google’s VP of Search Pandu Nayak said it’s vitally important for Google to “have an infrastructure”.