Don’t be taken in by the document’s faux-reasonable tone.
Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training
Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of ‘one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’
How Silicon Valley’s Workplace Culture Produced James Damore’s Google Memo
Under the familiar guise of objectivity, Damore misrepresents where the real power lies in the tech industry.
Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google (Published 2020)
The maker of home speakers said Google and Amazon stole its technology and abused their power, but it could only risk suing one.
Google fends off news publishers' antitrust lawsuit over online search
Alphabet's Google won a ruling dismissing a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of monopolizing the U.S. online news market and exploiting its dominance in search to extract publishers' content without payment.
Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
Defending an open web: What the Google search ruling means for the future | The Mozilla Blog
Last week, Judge Amit Mehta issued a ruling in the remedies proceedings of the U.S. v. Google LLC search case. Among the issues addressed, one key aspect t
Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.
I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did
Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
Chegg and PMC’s claims don’t stand up to antitrust laws, a judge ruled.
Tech ethics won’t save us
This week, both Apple and Google have come under fire for continuing to allow sales of a Saudi government app which will enable men to…
Google’s work in schools aims to create a ‘pipeline of future users,’ internal documents say
A major lawsuit revealed details of Google's business motivations to get its products into schools. A Google spokesperson said the documents "mischaracterize our work."
Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?
Silicon Valley was built on job-hopping. But when a leader of Google’s self-driving-car unit joined Uber, Google filed suit. Now the Feds are on the case.
So, about this Googler’s manifesto.
You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are…
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Serving as a signal of a taste in the courts and among the public to have tech companies bear some of the costs of harm that they have allegedly caused, the recent verdict against Meta and Google in California says a lot about the central anxieties of our time.
