Alphabet‘s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in the work. Google’s new review procedure asks that researchers consult with legal, policy and public relations teams before pursuing topics such as face and sentiment analysis and… Source link
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By Paresh Dave, Jeffrey Dastin OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in the work. FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5,… Source link
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Barcroft Media via Getty Images And so the Mate 40 has finally launched. Set against the backdrop of U.S. restrictions on the chipsets required to power Huawei devices, and with Google still missing, China’s leading smartphone manufacturer has released another stellar device that will stall outside China based on factors outside its control. And while the U.S. blacklist is the real existential issue, yet again it’s that loss of Google stealing the headlines. … Source link
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Months before the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust suit against Google this week, the internet company’s adversaries hustled behind the scenes to lay the groundwork for a case. Nonprofits critical of corporate power warned lawmakers that Google illegally boxed out rivals. With mounds of documents, economists and antitrust scholars detailed to regulators and state investigators how the company throttled competition. And former Silicon Valley insiders steered congressional… Source link
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