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Aided by some incentives from the city of Mesa, Google expects to start building vertically at the site near the beginning of 2024 and be complete by early 2025. The company is also looking to buy other large parcels of land that it can grow into over the years...

Deepfakes created by AI algorithms threaten to blur the lines between fact and fiction, making it difficult for voters to distinguish the real from the fake. Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant said last month that it had seen increasing use of AI to conduct manipulative information campaigns online in recent years, though the technology's use in other digital intrusions had been limited so far. Generative AI would enable groups with limited resources to produce higher quality content at scale, according to Mandiant...

Gatekeepers will be required to make their messaging apps interoperate with competitors, allowing users to decide which apps to pre-install on their devices...

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google will soon require that all election advertisers disclose when their messages have been altered or created by artificial intelligence tools.Most Read from BloombergIndia’s Moment Has Arrived, and Modi Wants a New Global OrderFed Set to Double Its Economic Growth Forecast After Strong US DataStocks Retreat After Hot ISM Fuels Fed-Hike Wagers: Markets WrapSoaring US Dollar Raises Alarm as China, Japan Escalate FX PushbackChina Slowdown Means It May Never Overta...

Thirty-six states and the District of Colombia have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant's alleged monopolistic control of app distribution for the software that runs most of the world's cellphones. The agreement, cited in a court filing late Tuesday by both sides, is subject to approval by the state attorneys general and the board of directors of Google's parent company, the execution of an agreement and court approval. “We don't have a comment at this time,” said Google spokesperson Peter Shottenfels...

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc. tentatively settled claims that Google Play abuses its control over Android mobile applications, potentially resolving complaints over the company’s policies brought by consumers and attorneys general of about three dozen states.Most Read from BloombergIndia’s Moment Has Arrived, and Modi Wants a New Global OrderFed Set to Double Its Economic Growth Forecast After Strong US DataSoaring US Dollar Raises Alarm as China, Japan Escalate FX PushbackBig Tech Leads Stocks L...

Alphabet and the states told a judge they agreed in principle to settle claims that Google has monopolized distribution of apps on devices that run the Google-owned Android operating system...

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Alphabet's Google tentatively settled a class action suit that accused it of overcharging customers through its Play Store in the U.S...