Google might be forced to dissolve due to anti-competitive adtech practises in the EU

The $224.5 billion in advertising income generated by Alphabet in 2022 came from its search services, Gmail, Google Play, Google Maps, YouTube commercials, Google Ad Manager, AdMob, and AdSense.

In order to address concerns about anti-competitive practises, Alphabet's Google may need to sell a portion of its profitable adtech business, EU authorities said on Wednesday, threatening the corporation with its toughest regulatory penalty to yet.

Two years after starting an inquiry into actions like preferring its own advertising services, the European Commission laid out its complaints in a statement of objections to Google. If found guilty, this may result in a punishment of up to 10% of Google's annual global revenue.

With the advertising industry accounting for 79% of the company's total income last year, the stakes are higher for Google in its most recent spat with authorities.

The VP of Google Cloud AI claims that English is now the most powerful language programme.

By making available sufficient collateral and information on how to ask the proper questions to get the most out of the AI platform, Yang claimed that Google is also focusing on the teaching component of this process.

According to June Yang, vice-president of Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google Cloud, English is now the most powerful programming language. Yang, who oversees a vast portfolio of AI-powered goods and services, claims that Google is striving to comprehend the meaning behind basic language cues in order to better recreate them for the AI model.

By making available sufficient collateral and information on how to ask the proper questions to get the most out of the AI platform, Yang claimed that Google is also focusing on the teaching component of this process. Additionally, she highlighted how Google, one of the innovators and leaders in the AI field, has "been very open to sharing its innovation with industry to accelerate

Free AI courses are now available on the skill boost platform from Google Cloud.

Yang stated at Google that responsible AI was not simply a notion but rather a "living constitution that we rely upon every day." "We only use it for recommendations and best practises, but we also use a variety of tooling,"

Experimenting with sustainable design and technology, NASA and Boeing have unveiled the X-66A aircraft.

 

By reducing the fuselage and changing the wings and engines on an MD-90 aircraft, Boeing is modifying the model in collaboration with NASA. (Image courtesy of NASA)

On Monday, NASA announced that the United States Air Force had given the plane it created with Boeing the X-66A designation. The design of next sustainable single-aisle aircraft will be influenced by the new experimental aircraft.

Boeing was given a $425 million contract by NASA earlier this year to develop, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft and verify technology aimed at reducing emissions. NASA made the announcement earlier this year.

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"At NASA, we obsess not just on the stars but also on the sky. The Sustainable Flight Demonstrator expands on NASA's pioneering work in both climate change and aviation. In a news release issued on Monday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claimed that the X-66A will "help shape the future of aviation, a new era where aircraft are greener, cleaner, and quieter, and create new possibilities for the flying public and American industry alike."

Songs may now be added to Instagram Notes.

Users of Instagram notes may send text messages, emoticons, and music to their close friends and followers.

Instagram users may now include up to 30 seconds of music in their notes along with a text message or an emoji, according to an announcement made by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, on the official Meta channel. Users may now share audio clips on Instagram notes that last up to 30 seconds and are available for 24 hours thanks to this upgrade.

Only accessible in the conversation area, Notes is a condensed version of Instagram's status function. Users could previously only submit text and emoticons as notes on the app, but now they may now share well-known songs and audio clips from the company's enormous music collection.

These music notes may be changed or deleted at any moment, and users can control who has access to them, including followers and close friends. We were unable to use the Instagram music notes function on either Android or iOS smartphones at the time this article was published.

Amazon could soon provide automated, summary reviews on products.

The e-commerce behemoth is presently developing a function in its shopping app that summarises user feedback using AI.

A recent job advertisement by Amazon made mention of a ChatGPT-like search experience last month. (Express photo)

The most revolutionary technology of the past ten years, generative AI, has drawn billions of dollars in investment from several businesses looking for a competitive edge. Following up on a previous study from last month, a new research provides further information about how Amazon is incorporating artificial intelligence into its platform to assist shoppers in finding the perfect product.

The major online retailer has started testing a function in its shopping app that summarises consumer ratings of items using AI. The feature gives a concise summary of what customers liked and disliked about the product, along with a note indicating the summary was produced by AI.

The study, for instance, described a kid-friendly cauldron toy called "Magic Mixies." While some consumers of the toy enjoyed it for its "fun factor, appearance, value, performance, quality, charging, and leakage," the AI-generated product summary noted that the majority of customers thought $100 was too much to pay for the toy. The report also emphasised problems some clients had with the cost and calibre of the goods.