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ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot can't create a simple white image, while Google's flagship image generation tool frustratingly buries sophisticated creations behind a $20 monthly premium service
$20 LIMITATIONS Google's Imagen 3 AI-powered image-generation tool is finally available to all Gemini users, but you'll need a $20 subscription for sophisticated creations.
Former Google CEO says AI firms should build data centers because 'we're not organized' to hit ambitious climate goals anyway: "I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"
AI FOR CLIMATE Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we're not organized to hit climate goals and it might be up to AI to solve this puzzle.
Google ordered to open its Android app store to third-party rivals, including Epic Games — no more "Google's scare screens and Google's 30% app tax"
ALL ACCESS Third-party app stores may be coming to Google Play Store in 2025 to foster fair competition after the service was deemed an illegal monopoly in an antitrust ruling.
OpenAI's "temporary prototype" search tool could be a Google killer as user experience reportedly worsens on mobile devices with "just way too many ads on the page"
GOOGLE KILLER Former Google Engineer says the company is "too focused on profit-making," with the trade-off negatively impacting its user experience rife with annoying ads.
An entire YEAR after release for Chromebooks, the Pixel Buds web app now supports Windows and macOS
at last! You can now control a range of settings on your Pixel Buds through a Windows PC or a Mac.
Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas"
AI-CENTRIC MICROSOFT In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world.
Google may have a ChatGPT problem as users are subtly adopting AI-powered tools as their go-to search engines — but it could be eons before it becomes an actual threat
CHATGPT SEARCH A new survey by Evercore indicates that 8% (up 1% from the previous month) of the study's polled participants use ChatGPT as their default search engine, while Google's market share dropped by 6%.
Has Google monopolized digital advertising? New evidence traced back to former ad guru suggests it's a 'nightmare' for publishers to switch platforms: "It takes an act of God to do it"
CRUSHED Despite Google's firm stand on fair practices in digital advertising, new evidence submitted in the ongoing antitrust trial outlines its strategy to "crush" competitors.
