If the company finds that its app store is illegal, it will be required to pay $700 million
Google announced that it will contribute $650 million into a settlement fund to settle an antitrust lawsuit by several states against it. It will also pay $70 million to the states to settle the case. It has also agreed not to let developers link to their own websites to give customers discounted rates on Play Store.
Tim Sweeney was talking about Epic’s win over Google
Don Harrison, a defendant in Apple antitrust trial, said he was “disappointed” that even at peak of the antitrust trial against Microsoft, Microsoft was awesome to developers. “Even at peak, Microsoft was awesome to developers,” he added. Harrison further said he doesn’t think Google leaked to the press. He added that it was “really…interesting” to see what Google was doing behind the scenes.
An Illegal Monopoly was Ruled by the App Store
Google violated federal and California antitrust laws with deals that stifled competition for its Play mobile app store, a jury found on Thursday. The verdict comes after a four- week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within the Play store. The verdict was unanimous after just three hours of deliberations. Apple prevailed in a similar case that Epic brought against the iPhone store.
In a lawsuit, the jury found that the app store had ruled an illegal Monopoly
Google and Epic Games have agreed to mediation instead of a trial after a US judge ruled that Apple’s fight against Google over its App Store had nothing to do with apps. The judge ruled that he didn’t intend to decide what percentage fee Google should charge for products. Epic Games had filed the lawsuit in 2020 over Google’s App Store.
At least one demo of the new artificial intelligence that was launched byGOOGL was not real
Google has released its artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini Nano, which it claims to be one of the world’s “most capable” systems for text-to-speech. The tool is available in Pixel 8 Pro for WhatsApp replies. It is designed to work across text, images, audio, video, and code. The tool is also available only in English on Google Apps.
The new artificial intelligence model will be coming to the Pixel 8 Pro and eventually to the rest of the world
Google has released its latest large-scale generative AI model, Gemini, in Bard for Android and iOS. The latest version of Gemini is based on a natural language model, the first version of which was unveiled at Google I/O in June. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that next year, the most powerful model will be released, and it will do better than GPT-4.
The head of DeepMind says that it is a new breed of computer-generated objects
Demis Hassabis, Google’s VP of AI and Deep Learning, has said Google’s new AI system Gemini is “substantially” ahead on 30 out of 32 benchmarks compared to OpenAI’sGPT-4. “We’ve done a very thorough analysis of the systems side by side, and the benchmarking,” he further said. Hassabis said Gemini’s “basic models are text-in and text-out” but more powerful models like Gemini Ultra can work with images.
The Bard chatbot is getting a lot better thanks to Gemini
Google Bard’s VP of Engineering, Mike Hassabis, has said the company is working on a preview of its multi- task language model Gemini Ultra. It will be able to accept images and audio and video, Hassabis added. “We’ve done a very thorough analysis of the systems side by side, and the benchmarking. The more they know, the better,” he further said.
The Pixel 8 Pro, and eventually the Android OS, will have the best artificial intelligence model on the planet
Google AI Researcher Hassabis, while talking about Google’s ‘Gemini’ artificial intelligence system, said, “There’s still things like action, and touch, more like robotics-type things.” Hassabis added, “Over time, ‘Gemini’ will get more senses, become more aware, and become more accurate and grounded in the process.” “Benchmarks are just benchmarks, though,” he further said.
The word that is the Word of the Year is authentic
Merriam-Webster has named authentic as its word of the year 2020. It was driven by stories and discussions on artificial intelligence, celebrity culture, identity, and social media. This came after Google announced that it would build AI chips for its own AI-powered cars, a project that is expected to become a billion-dollar business within five years.