Tag: Google

Big Tech to face 2% levy unless they sign local news deals

Posted on   |  by Christine Chen and Byron Kaye
The Australian government has said that Meta, Alphabet’s Google and TikTok could face multimillion-dollar charges if they did not negotiate deals to pay local media outlets for news on their...

Google puts AI agents at heart of its enterprise push

Posted on   |  by Kenrick Cai
Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai is deepening a push into enterprise software, signaling to investors at Google’s annual cloud conference that AI agents – human-like digital assistants – are...

Greens push to lift lid on social media algorithms

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Social media platforms would be forced to reveal closely guarded algorithms and risk assessment data, and allow users to opt out of algorithm-driven feeds under far-reaching digital duty of...

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids

Posted on   |  by Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen and Jody Godoy
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a US$6 million verdict that will...

Policy or perish: Two years to grab AI boom, Deloitte says

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia has just two years to lock in the policy settings and investment capital it will need to reap transformational economic benefits from an international artificial intelligence boom, a...