Google removed Chamet, a popular but controversial live video chat app, from the Play Store. Reported that the app violated its user-generated content (UGC) policy. The company did not comment but cited its policy that “Apps whose primary purpose is featuring objectionable UGC will be removed from Google Play.” The …

GM has found a new way to join the generative AI revolution. The automaker now handles non-emergency OnStar features with Google Cloud’s Dialogflow chatbot. GM announced the partnership Tuesday during Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s Google Cloud Next 23 keynote. Since 2022, GM’s OnStar in-car concierge has used Google Cloud’s conversational …

Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line to make it easier to find information from massive security data by asking plain language questions. These new capabilities are designed to do more with less, according to Google cloud security UX …

Duet AI, Google’s generative AI features for text summarization, data organization, and more, is expanding to Google Cloud products and services. At its annual Cloud Next conference, Google announced that Duet AI, still in preview with general availability later this year, can now help with code refactoring, or improving code …

Data mining for insights is becoming more valuable to companies. According to NewVantage, 97.6% of global corporations are investing in big data and AI. Big data analytics faces obstacles. A recent poll found that 65% of organizations have “too much” data to analyze. Google’s BigQuery Studio, a new service within …

As companies move to the cloud, data security is paramount. Google claims it has never had an exploit in Google Workspace, but it still works to stay ahead of security issues. Today, Google Workspace products like GMail and Drive received security updates, some of which will use AI to automate …

Google says it will provide more information about EU-targeted ads. It is also giving third-party researchers studying regional systemic content risks data. The actions are among several it’s announcing today to comply with the bloc’s Digital Services Act. Friday (August 25) is the DSA compliance deadline for larger platforms with …

Google TV is expanding its free live TV again. Google TV added over 800 live TV channels, including Tubi, Plex, Haystack, and others, in April. The company announced 25 more free channels today, which can be watched without installing apps or signing in. Google says the additions bring the total …

According to the official bug report, Google fixed an Apple employee-discovered Chrome zero-day. The bug is unremarkable, but how it was found and reported to Google is. A Google employee said an Apple employee participating in a March Capture The Flag (CTF) hacking competition discovered the bug. However, that Apple …

According to The New York Times, Google is testing an AI-powered newswriting tool and pitching it to publications. The tech giant pitched the AI tool to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and News Corp. “Genesis,” the tool, can process data and write news. Google claims the tool can …