Reddit wants a better AI deal with Google: users in exchange for content

Robert Hart / theverge - Reddit wants more users and more money from Google in exchange for an even bigger mountain of data feeding its AI machine, according to Bloomberg. The negotiation shows a new front in the struggle between Big AI and content providers as they try to harves…

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Google is Bringing AI Agents to Payments With New Protocol

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Google has introduced a new payments protocol that lets artificial intelligence (AI) agents make purchases on behalf of shoppers. The system, called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), is supported by more than 60 merchants and financial institutions. It i…

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Google Discover Now Pulls In Instagram, X, and YouTube Shorts

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Google is expanding its Discover feed inside the Google app to include more types of content and new personalization tools. In the coming weeks, Discover will start showing posts from social platforms like X, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts, alongside news …

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Google unveils master plan for letting AI shop on your behalf

Iain Thomson / theregister - Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch Google has given the go-ahead to a plan that lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf and, on Tuesday, released its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to make it happen. The system comes …

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Gemini overtakes ChatGPT on App Store, as its Nano Banana AI model drives downloads up 45%

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Though the month is only half over, Gemini's app has already gained 12.6 million downloads in September, up from 8.7 million in August.

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Google rolls out new Windows desktop app with Spotlight-like search tool

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The app will allow people to use an Alt + Space shortcut to instantly search for information from their computer files, installed apps, Google Drive files, and the web.

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U.S. Court of Appeals Hands Epic Games Yet Another Victory Against Google

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - On Friday, a U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously denied Google’s emergency request to pause the Play Store reforms it must make on Android.The post U.S. Court of Appeals Hands Epic Games Yet Another Victory Against Google appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Google Gemini overtakes ChatGPT for the first time

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Google’s "Nano Banana" image editing model has gone viral, pushing the Gemini app to the top of the app store charts.The article Google Gemini overtakes ChatGPT for the first time appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Rolling Stone publisher sues Google over AI summary practices

Penske Media Corporation, publisher of Rolling Stone, has launched a lawsuit against Google alleging that the tech giant is using AI-generated article summaries without proper compensation. The legal action challenges Google’s handling of content, raising significant questions about monopoly power and fair treatment of media publishers in the digital age.

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FTC Investigates Google, Amazon Over Search Ad Pricing

The FTC has set its sights on Google and Amazon, probing allegations that the tech giants misled advertisers on pricing and terms for search ads. This regulatory move underscores mounting concerns over the transparency and fairness of digital advertising practices.

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Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Gmail reorganizes its order-tracking and promotion filters ahead of the holiday season.

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Google acknowledges rapid decline in open web ad ecosystem

Google has admitted that its traditional open web advertising ecosystem is rapidly waning, as market dynamics shift in favor of proprietary platforms. This candid acknowledgment highlights the increasingly challenging landscape for open, competitive online advertising in an era dominated by walled gardens.

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Google AI Mode Now Supports Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese & English

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Since Google launched AI Mode back in March, it has only supported the English language. Google has been releasing it in more countries and expanding it quickly, and now, finally, AI Mode supports more than just English. AI Mode now also supports Hindi, I…

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Google expands AI Mode beyond English for the first time

Kris Holt / engadget - Google is opening up AI Mode to more languages. Starting today, the AI chatbot the company is integrating into Google Search is available in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese. The company has been rapidly expanding access to the…

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Yes, Google Meet Is Down

Matt Novak / gizmodo - "Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue."

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Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’

Emma Roth / theverge - For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already i…

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Adtech company PubMatic sues Google over monopoly violations

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - The lawsuit marks the second time that an advertising exchange has sued Google since a federal judge ruled in April that the search giant had illegally monopolized ad exchanges and ad servers.

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Over 10% of Google AI Overviews now cite AI-generated content

techspot - One of the many concerns about so much AI slop appearing online is that other AI services, such as AIOs, would start citing it. Given the technologies' penchant for making thing ups and the ramifications of AIs learning from AIs, it's a worrying prospect.…

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Google Clarifies Gemini AI Daily Usage Limits for Free and Paid Tiers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has officially detailed its daily usage limits for the Gemini AI platform, providing concrete numbers that clarify what users of its free, Pro, and Ultra tiers receive. In a support page published on September 6, the tech giant replaced vague descr…

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Google Gemini Has A Feature To Help Make You Money - Here's How To Use It Now

bgr - Google is attempting to boost the capabilities of one of its apps, injecting its AI model into it, which promises to add some new useful features.

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