Google sued for negligence after man drove off bridge while following map
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence.
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The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence.
Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family - including Gmail, Maps and YouTube - as it seeks to ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft.
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $93 million settlement with Google to settle claims the internet giant's location privacy practices violated state consumer protection laws.
Google confirmed it will lay off hundreds of staff members who helped recruit and hire employees, as Silicon Valley continues its cost-cutting efforts.
Among the ideas discussed was whether there should be an independent agency to oversee certain aspects of the rapidly developing technology.
The U.S. Justice Department is pressing ahead with its antitrust case against Google.
Some of the most influential voices in the tech industry are meeting with federal lawmakers Wednesday as the US Senate prepares to draw up legislation regulating the fast-moving artificial intelligence industry.
Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google's ubiquitous search engine.
Google will face off in court Tuesday against government officials who have accused the company of antitrust violations.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant's alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world's cellphones.
More than a half-dozen leading tech CEOs will be among those attending a highly anticipated artificial intelligence event hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next month, according to the senator's office.
Google says it is in the early stages of developing tools that use artificial intelligence to help journalists write stories and headlines.
A report from Democratic lawmakers alleges that tax-prep companies shared people's income and other sensitive data with big tech firms.
A former tech executive is joining the crowded 2024 U.S. Senate race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Authorities say a man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building near the search engine giant's New York City headquarters.
Google's plan to build a new neighborhood with homes, offices and parks near its current headquarters in Mountain View has received unanimous approval from city leaders.
The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to show clothes on a wide selection of body types.
San Jose is betting on the future of the downtown area but construction on Google's mega campus is on pause while the tech giant assesses how to move forward. Len Ramirez reports (5-18-23)
Almost two years after tech giant Google spent millions buying up land in Downtown San Jose for a massive building project, the South Bay city center remains covered in empty lots.
Tech entrepreneurs who flocked into San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and wealth, and also soaring housing prices and gentrification, are becoming a rising political force in a city they say is woefully off track.
Google has been reassessing the timing of its downtown San Jose megacampus development and new reports suggest the tech giant has backed off construction indefinitely. Anne Makovec reports. (4-21-23)
To use, or not to use, Bard? That is the Shakespearean question an Associated Press reporter sought to answer while testing out Google's artificially intelligent chatbot.
From the engineering prowess of the Golden Gate Bridge to its earthquake-resistant skyscrapers, San Francisco has always been ahead of the curve.
