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Google pulls disastrous ‘Dear Sydney’ Gemini AI Ad from Olympics coverage

The ad, which sparked controversy from its first airing, features a father using Google’s Gemini AI tool to write a fan letter from his daughter to American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

  • By Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

Google launches Australian AI accelerator to address $280b opportunity

A tech advisory firm study estimates that AI will create $280 billion in economic benefit by 2030. Google is tapping into the demand with a new AI-first accelerator for Australian entrepreneurs.

  • By Shivaune Field, Journalist
  • Business Journalist

Google’s privacy chief is out and will not be replaced

Keith Enright is leaving Google after 13 years as the tech giant restructures its privacy and compliance teams. Matthew Bye, director of competition law, is also departing.

  • By Thomas Brewster
  • Forbes Staff

Google restricts AI search tool after ‘nonsensical’ answers told people to eat rocks and put glue on pizza

Google defended its AI Overviews feature but said it would implement new safeguards after the tool told people to eat rocks and put glue on their pizzas and dismissed fake viral screenshots claiming it endorsed smoking for pregnant people.

  • By Robert Hart
  • Forbes Staff

Google Australia rolls out new privacy protections to combat doxxing

Google Australia’s new tool allows users to monitor search results for their phone number, home address, banking details, and email address. The initiative aims to prevent doxxing, financial fraud, and cybercrime.

  • By Shivaune Field, Journalist
  • Business Journalist

Google soars toward record $2 trillion valuation on blockbuster earnings

Q1 was the company’s best-ever quarterly profit thanks to whopping 62% year-over-year growth.

  • By Derek Saul
  • Forbes Staff

Meta AI declares war on OpenAI, Google with ‘Llama 3’ chatbot

Unlike major competitors including Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama 3 model is open source and the AI assistant it powers has previously been locked inside the company’s app ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram.

  • By Robert Hart
  • Forbes Staff

Apple warns users in 92 countries they may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks

The latest notification comes several months after the iPhone maker warned opposition politicians in India of a potential cyber attack.

  • By Siladitya Ray
  • Forbes Staff

Google hits all-time high with US$2-trillion valuation in sight

Google parent Alphabet registered its highest share price ever on Tuesday, as the search engine titan rides the artificial intelligence wave to a historic valuation.

  • By Derek Saul
  • Forbes Staff

We got a demo of Google’s Gemini Pro. Here’s what it can do

Canva is using it. Woolworths is too. So is unicorn Culture Amp. Some of Australia’s most successful companies are utilising Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities. Google Sydney opened its doors to Forbes Australia to show us the multimodal power of Gemini Pro.

  • By Shivaune Field, Journalist
  • Business Journalist
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