OpenAI is readying a search product to rival Google, Perplexity
OPENAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web and cite sources in its results, according to a source familiar with the matter, potentially competing head...
Google updates US$499 low-end Pixel phone, cuts tablet price
ALPHABET’S Google rolled out a new version of its US$499 lower-end Pixel smartphone, aiming to entice budget-minded shoppers with an updated screen and artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Pixel...
Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI
Microsoft is training a new, in-house AI language model large enough to compete with those from Alphabet’s Google and OpenAI, the Information reported on Monday (May 6).The new model,...
Google, US clash over search advertising as trial winds down
GOOGLE and the US Justice Department clashed in court on Friday (May 3) over claims that the Alphabet unit unlawfully schemed to dominate search advertising, during closing arguments in...
US judge grills both sides in landmark Google antitrust trial
A US judge on Thursday pushed against the central pleas of both US government and Google lawyers as he heard their closing arguments at a landmark antitrust trial in...
Google to pay up to US$6 million to News Corp for new AI content, The Information reports
ALPHABET-owned Google has agreed to pay News Corp, owner of the Wall Street Journal, between US$5 million and US$6 million annually to develop new AI-related content and products, the...
Google parent announces first-ever dividend; beats on sales, profit; shares soar
ALPHABET announced its first-ever dividend on Thursday (Apr 25) and a US$70 billion stock buyback, cheering investors who sent the stock surging nearly 16 per cent after the bell.The...
Google postpones phasing out of ad cookies in Chrome browser
GOOGLE delayed its plan to phase out cookies, software that lets marketers track users, in its Chrome browser this year, pushing to 2025 a move that will ultimately transform...
