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Google Turns to a Steady Old Hand to Fight Antitrust Charges

The tech giant is facing the greatest legal threat in its history, and hopes the stolid approach of Kent Walker, its top lawyer, will once…

YouTube Improperly Used Targeted Ads on Children’s Videos, Watchdogs Say

One of the groups said it had used Google’s tools to run a targeted ad campaign this month on children’s channels. Google has said it…

YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Research Says

YouTube’s advertising practices on kids’ channels could have resulted in companies tracking children across the web, a report said.

Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice

The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided.

Alphabet Steams Past Lingering Ad Worries, Fueled by Google’s Search Engine

Despite concerns of a shaky ad market and growing competition in A.I., Google said it was aided by accelerating revenue from its search engine and…

Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.

Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer vision —…

Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming

Google said in 2021 that it would stop running ads alongside videos and other content that denied the existence and causes of climate change.

Alphabet Shrugs Off Advertising Slump, Driven by Search Engine

Google’s parent company returned to sales growth, even as an advertising slowdown continued to crimp YouTube.

Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back AI Rivals

The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an…

In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution

Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing.