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Google sued by Autodesk over AI-powered movie-making software
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Google has been sued by Autodesk for allegedly infringing its "Flow" trademark to market competing AI-enabled software used to make movies, TV shows and video games. In a complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco federal court, Autodesk said it began using Flow in September 2022 for visual effects, production ma[...]
Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street's perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year ago when investors thought it was badly lagging behind rivals and punished its stock. That showed in the confident tone executives struck on t[...]
Google could spend $3B building Botetourt data centers
Documents recently filed with the state reveal the scope of the data center campus Google is planning in Botetourt County. On the 312-acre parcel Google purchased at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield industrial park, the California-based tech behemoth plans to build three data center buildings — totaling about 921,000 square feet[...]
Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
Dec 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework, in a move aimed at weakening Nvidia's longstanding dominance of the AI computing market, according to people familiar with the matter. The effo[...]
EU probes Google over possible AI antitrust violations
LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The flurry of regulatory flexing by Brussels that has targeted Big Tech risks antagonizing President Donald Trump's ad[...]
New documents reveal scope of Google’s Chesterfield data center campus
A site plan filed this week shows that Google plans to build three data centers of more than 800,000 square feet next to Meadowville Technology Park in Chesterfield County. Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced in August that the California tech giant planned to invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026, with a s[...]
Google faces antitrust déjà vu as US seeks to break up its digital advertising business
After deflecting the U.S. Justice Department's attack on its illegal monopoly in online search, Google is facing another attempt to dismantle its internet empire in a trial focused on its abusive tactics in digital advertising. The trial scheduled to begin Monday in an Alexandria, Virginia, federal court will revolve around the ha[...]
Google hit with $3.5 billion fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case
European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc's latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew outrage from President Donald Trump. The European Commission, the 27-nation blo[...]
Google announces Chesterfield data center as part of $9B investment
Google plans to invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026, with much of the funding going toward the development of a new data center in Chesterfield County, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The investments will be focused on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, the governor said. Goo[...]
Virginia, Google partner to launch AI training courses
With artificial intelligence worming its way into almost every job sector, employees are increasingly finding themselves needing to know how to use the emerging technology to avoid being left behind. To address this, Virginia is launching an online platform that will provide job seekers free and low-cost artificial intelligence ce[...]
