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Jul 23, 2023 · In a statement, Google said it was “proud of our industry-defining, breakthrough work on transformers and [was] energised by the AI ecosystem it’s created.”

Oct 9, 2024 · Forcing Google to strip away Chrome or Android — which help to promote its search tool — risks being ineffective and too retrospective. A break-up will have little impact if …

Oct 7, 2024 · Google, Microsoft and Amazon have recently made so-called “acqui-hires” of staff from promising AI start-ups, which critics say are structured to skirt antitrust rules.

Jan 22, 2025 · The new tranche of money from Google into Anthropic adds to a total investment of $8bn from Amazon, the ecommerce group’s largest-ever venture investment, announced …

Feb 3, 2023 · Google has invested about $300mn in artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic, making it the latest tech giant to throw its money and computing power behind a new …

Nov 19, 2020 · The outlines of the Google arrangement highlight the common ground that tech and financial services companies have found. The banks will maintain the accounts, while …

Aug 8, 2024 · Google and Meta struck a secret ads deal to target teenagers, and the FT reports that the UK’s biggest private pension fund dumped £80mn of Israeli assets.

Nov 21, 2024 · Prosecutors asked the judge that Google should stop paying partners such as Apple billions of dollars a year to make Google’s search engine the default on web browsers …