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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Normally, computers and water don’t mix, but the new data center set for southeast Fort Wayne needs both. At Tuesday’s Fort Wayne City Council meeting, the body approved more than $8 million to build both a sewer and extend a water main to support Google’s new data center, known under the name “Project Zodiac.” “One of them is for water and one of them is for sewer,” said Michael Kiester, manager of engineering with Fort Wayne City… Source link

Google has announced that it will begin paying independent publishers to test its unreleased generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The program, first reported by Adweek, allows a handful of publishers access to its AI platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback. Publishers are expected to use the tools to produce “a fixed volume of content” for 12 months and will receive a monthly stipend amounting to a five-figure sum annually. Participants of… Source link

Google has been quietly striking deals with some publishers to use new generative AI tools to publish stories, according to in Adweek. The deals, reportedly worth tens of thousands of dollars a year, are apparently part of the Google News Initiative (GNI), a six-year-old program that funds , , and other resources for newsrooms. But the move into generative AI publishing tools would be a new, and likely controversial, step for the company. According to Adweek, the program is currently… Source link

Google announced “glanceable directions” for Maps on Android and iOS last February, and a new setting called “Glanceable directions while navigating” is now available. With glanceable directions, Google Maps will show where to turn and a live ETA directly on your device’s lockscreen. The Android app will use regular system notifications, while Google Maps on the iPhone will leverage high-profile Live Activities. Glanceable directions also work on the route… Source link

Besides more widely rolling out auto-groping Stacks, Google Photos is getting a new Activity-based personalization setting. Activity-based personalization takes into account how you interact with Memories, which appear as a carousel at the top of the app with a story-esque format, to surface more relevant ones. To offer this individualized experience, Google Photos will take into account what Memories you view or skip. The setting is on by default, but can be disabled at… Source link

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Google launched a private program for a handful of independent publishers last month, providing the news organizations with beta access to an unreleased generative artificial intelligence platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback, according to documents seen by ADWEEK. As part of the agreement, the publishers are expected to use the suite of tools to produce a fixed volume of content for 12 months. In return, the news outlets receive a monthly stipend amounting to a… Source link

(Bloomberg) — A federal judge appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s $700 million proposed settlement with states and consumers to resolve claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power. Most Read from Bloomberg At a hearing Monday, US District Judge James Donato said the accord seems to give short-shrift to consumers both in the overall compensation it provides and the broad release it gives the company from future lawsuits. “Right now I’m not saying it’s a bag of… Source link

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google Cloud on Monday ramped up its criticism of Microsoft’s cloud computing practices, saying its rival is seeking a monopoly that would harm the development of emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence. Microsoft and Amazon have recently attracted scrutiny in Britain, the European Union and the United States over their market power in cloud computing. Google trails a distant third behind the two leaders. … Source link

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) -Google plans to relaunch in the next few weeks its AI tool that creates images of people, which it paused last week after inaccuracies in some historical depictions, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said on Monday. Alphabet’s Google began offering image generation through its Gemini AI models earlier this month. Some users, however, flagged on social media that it generated historical images which were sometimes inaccurate. “We have taken the feature offline… Source link