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Bezos Invests in AI Startup Perplexity to Take On Google Search
Bezos Invests in AI Startup Perplexity to Take On Google Search
January 04, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Can tiny artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity take on Google in the search space? Jeff Bezos apparently thinks so. The Amazon founder is among the backers of the...

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News Execs Wary of Google’s AI Integration Impact on Web Traffic
News Execs Wary of Google’s AI Integration Impact on Web Traffic
December 14, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

News publishers are reportedly alarmed by what Google’s AI means for their business. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Dec. 14), Google’s move to integrate...

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Antitrust Trial Reveals Google Spends $26.3 Billion on Default Search Engine Agreements
Antitrust Trial Reveals Google Spends $26.3 Billion on Default Search Engine Agreements
October 27, 2023  |  Google

A top executive from Google disclosed Friday (Oct. 27) during its antitrust trial that the company paid $26.3 billion in 2021 to secure default search engine...

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Google Defends Position on First Day of Antitrust Trial
Google Defends Position on First Day of Antitrust Trial
September 12, 2023  |  Legal

During a high-stakes antitrust trial, a Google lawyer, John Schmidtlein, reportedly said that companies choose Google as their default search engine not because of a lack of competition...

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Google-Apple Relationship at Core of Landmark Antitrust Trial
Google-Apple Relationship at Core of Landmark Antitrust Trial
September 11, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

Google’s antitrust trial begins this week, with the company’s ties to Apple at the center. While the two tech titans are typically thought of as rivals, a report Monday (Sept....

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Citi Expects Generative AI to Benefit Search Engine Industry
Citi Expects Generative AI to Benefit Search Engine Industry
April 24, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be a plus for the search engine industry. Citi Analyst Ronald Josey said Monday (April 24) in an...

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Google to Add Conversational AI to Search
Google to Add Conversational AI to Search
April 06, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Google plans to add conversational artificial intelligence (AI) to its search engine amid a challenge from Microsoft. Sundar Pichai, CEO of the tech giant, outlined...

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Microsoft’s $10B AI Bet May Not Boost Bing
Microsoft’s $10B AI Bet May Not Boost Bing
January 25, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

A $10 billion investment is a lot of money to spend playing a game of catch-up. As reported, Microsoft is investing billions in OpenAI, in...

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Walmart Launches Visual Search Website to Compete With Amazon and Honey
Walmart Launches Visual Search Website to Compete With Amazon and Honey
December 08, 2022  |  Retail

Walmart has launched a website that uses visual search to do the shopping for consumers. The new TrendGetter uses image recognition technology to find the...

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