A mother who is suing Google and Character.ai over the death of her son has been ‘horrified’ to find that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots based on her late son are being hosted on the platform. Megan Garcia’s 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide last year after talking to an AI bot based on … Read more
Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, announced Wednesday, claims a man working within a wider network, created and sold fake business profiles on Google Maps. An initial alert came from a Texas … Read more
Brussels: Alphabet unit Google was hit with two charges of breaching landmark EU rules on Wednesday, as antitrust regulators continued their crackdown against Big Tech. The move by the European Commission came amid tensions with US President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries which impose fines on US companies. Google has … Read more