Kent Walker

These days, we hear a lot about all the safeguards Gemini and ChatGPT have in place. But all you need to do is gaslight them and they’ll spit out anything you need for your political campaign. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechGizmodo was able to get Gemini and ChatGPT to write several political slogans, campaign speeches, and emails through simple prompts and a little gaslighting. Campaign slogans for Trump 2024 that were generated by Google Gemini.Screenshot: GoogleToday, Google and OpenAI signed “A Tech…

Google’s office in Kitchener, Ontario.Photo: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)Google has reached a deal with the Canadian government over a controversial new law that will force tech companies to pay news publishers when their content is shared on online platforms. Google and Meta previously threatened to block links to news content in Canada altogether in response to the law. The deal is the first sign of compromise between Canada and Silicon Valley. If it works out, it could set a precedent for similar laws…

This year’s Google I/O was all focused on AI, and the company spoke about how the growth of AI is a significant technology shift. The current developments in AI models are not just limited to discovering new places, finding the right words, or engaging with information, said the company.But with these advancements come scrutiny from governments worldwide. While governments across the globe are talking about the ground rules for AI, Italy was one of the first countries to ban the ChatGPT over privacy concerns, and now the…

Google on Friday published a whitepaper with suggestions for a policy agenda for responsible AI progress. In a blog post, the company said AI was too important not to regulate."Calls for a halt to technological advances are unlikely to be successful or effective, and risk missing out on AI’s substantial benefits and falling behind those who embrace its potential," Kent Walker, president of global affairs, Google & Alphabet, said in the blog post.He said broad-based efforts—across government, companies, universities,…

After years of grumbling from Republicans in Congress, Google has requested that the Federal Election Commission allow a pilot program in which political campaign emails would be exempt from spam filtering.The new program would allow emails from “authorized candidate committees, political party committees and leadership political action committees registered with the FEC,” to bypass Gmail’s spam categorization system, the filing read. That is, as long as those messages don’t violate the platform’s other rules around…