Internet Giant Google

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  Google Expands AI-Based Flood Forecasting Coverage to 100 Countries, Improves Forecasting Model

  Google announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence (AI) flood forecasting system on Monday. With this expansion, the Mountain View-based tech giant will now cover 100 countries and offer riverine flood forecasting to a global population of 700 million people. The company is also offering researchers and partners a new application program...

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  Meta Reportedly Developing an AI-Powered Search Engine to Take on Google and Microsoft’s Bing

  Meta is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine. According to a report, the social media giant wants to compete with existing players such as Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and DuckDuckGo. The company reportedly plans to use AI for the search engine, likely giving it a Perplexity-like avatar. Key details about the platform...

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  Google Tests Verified Check Marks in Search Results to Help Users Identify Verified Sources

  Google is testing the use of check marks next to some companies in search results. The new feature is designed to help users identify verified sources and stay safe from fraudulent websites that mimic legitimate businesses or services and mislead users on the web.

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  Google Says It Will Stop Linking to New Zealand News if Proposed New Law Is Passed

  Google said it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles if the government goes ahead with a law to force tech giants to pay a fair price for content that appears on their feeds.

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  Google for India 2024: Gemini Live Updated With Support for Hindi and Eight More Regional Languages

  Google for India 2024 event, an annual India-focused event where the Mountain View-based tech giant shares new features and services for the country was held on Thursday in New Delhi. The company rolled out a two-way verbal communication feature dubbed Gemini Live last month, and it is now being upgraded with support for Hindi and eight other regio...

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  Google Showcases India-Focused AI, Payment and Safety Features at Google for India 2024 Event

  Google for India 2024 event was held on Thursday and the company unveiled new features across its apps and services that are aimed at users in India. The search giant introduced enhancements to Google Pay, Google Maps, search and showcased health-related features created in collaboration with the healthcare industry.

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  Google Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002 With Faster Output Released

  Google released newer versions of the Gemini 1.5 Pro artificial intelligence (AI) model on Tuesday. These arrive just months after the Mountain View-based tech giant released the last version of Gemini, which increased the context window to up to 2 million tokens. Dubbed Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002, the company said these AI models ...

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  Google NotebookLM Gets Audio Overviews Feature That Turns Documents into Audio Discussions

  Google NotebookLM is getting a new feature that can turn your documents into engaging podcast-like audio discussions. The Mountain View-based tech giant announced the new feature dubbed Audio Overviews on Wednesday. The feature is available to all users who consent to try out NotebookLM which is still available as an experimental tool. The feature ...

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  Google Search Results Will Now Show Archived Web Pages via Wayback Machine

  Google search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which displays the website exactly how it looked on a ...

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  Google One Lite Plan With Affordable Pricing Is Rolling Out in India to Some Users

  Google One Lite plan, a new subscription tier for the Mountain View-based tech giant’s cloud storage bundle service, has been spotted for some users in India. The new subscription tier is priced cheaper than the Basic tier, which was previously the cheapest entry to the Google One subscription. The subscription plan offers just free cloud storage...

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  Google Releases Imagen 3 AI Image Generation Model to Users, Adds Improved Capabilities

  Google released its in-house artificial intelligence (AI) model for image generation, Imagen 3, on Thursday. The tech giant did not make any announcement for the release, and instead released the model quietly to users. Additionally, a research paper detailing the workings of the image generation model was also published in an online journal.

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  Google Search Updates Content Removal and Ranking System to Combat Explicit Deepfakes

  Google Search updated its removal processes and ranking systems on Wednesday to combat non-consensual fake explicit imagery, also known as deepfakes. The tech giant’s new strategy involves quickly removing explicit deepfakes and demoting websites that host such content so that this type of content does not appear high up in Search results.

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  Google Rolls Out Call Casting and Internet Sharing on Android as the First Cross-Device Services

  Android has started rolling out cross-device services on devices. The feature allows a user to switch between devices while using certain apps or performing certain tasks. Cross-device service was first announced by Google in May. However, they were not rolled out at the time. Now, the tech giant is rolling out the service with two features — Cal...

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  Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

  Google Translate received a big upgrade on Thursday and will now support an additional 110 languages. The new languages were added with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant used its in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), and it was particularly effective in learning those languages that were related to each other or w...

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  Google AI Overviews Now Showing for Just 15 Percent of Searched Queries: Report

  Google recently found itself in hot water for the AI Overviews feature after it reportedly began showing incorrect and unhelpful answers for searched queries. The tech giant also issued a statement claiming it was working to address the issues. Now, a new report has found that the visibility of AI Overviews has dropped drastically and is appearing ...