Google rolls out AI-powered defenses to help combat scams on Chrome, including by using Gemini Nano, its on-device LLM, in Enhanced Protection mode on desktop
Here's how it works Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : Google Deploys On-Device AI to Thwart Scams on Chrome and Android India Today : Google adds Gemini Nano AI to Chrome to fight against online scams ...
Google now lets its users set up Advanced Protection Program with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys
like journalists, elected officials and human rights workers — can enroll with passkeys for improved security. Learn more → https://blog.google/... [video] LinkedIn: Kent Walker : It just got easier f...
Google's charitable wing Google.org debuts an accelerator for generative AI, to be funded by $20M in grants and starting with 21 nonprofits, including Quill.org
Very excited about what we'll be bringing to the world in the next few months through … Michael Ellison : As we continue to leverage AI to transform higher education, CodePath is proud to be part of t...
A look at TDCommons, a website launched by Google in 2015 that publishes technical details of ideas from companies and individuals to head off patent disputes
Paresh Dave / Wired : X: @kent_walker and @heathermeeker4 LinkedIn: Laura Sheridan and Halimah DeLaine Prado X: Kent Walker / @kent_walker : Google has long worked to improve patent quality and minim...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs an EO on AI risks, directing state agencies to examine AI threats and authorizing state staff to experiment with AI tools
studying risks & harnessing opportunities. CA leads the world in AI with 35 of the top 50 AI companies. We're showing how to ethically & responsibly use AI. https://www.gov.ca.gov/... @stanfordhai : B...
A profile of Kent Walker, Google's top lawyer, who helped negotiate the 2013 FTC settlement, as Google prepares to defend itself against DOJ antitrust claims
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Google enables passkeys, FIDO Alliance-developed cryptographic keys that require a preauthenticated device, on all accounts, to eventually replace passwords
you can now switch to passkey-only Adam Rowe / Tech.co : Your Google Account Doesn't Need a Password Anymore Luke Mandato / MobileSyrup : Dashlane is exploring password-free logins with device authent...
Sources: negotiations between Congressional lawmakers on online privacy policies include limits on tech giants' collection, storage, and use of personal info
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kent_walker Tweets: Kent Walker / @kent_walker : As @johndmckinnon says, hurdles still loom to getting privacy passed before the midterms. There is a...
The EU and US reach a preliminary deal to store data about Europeans on US soil, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020
leaving U.S. companies in the lurch. https://twitter.com/... @dcms : We welcome the announcement of an agreement in principle on adequacy between the EU and the US Global events show that it is more i...
Following the White House's open-source security summit, Google proposes setting up an organization to serve as a marketplace for open source maintenance
to ensure national infrastructure and other important systems can rely on open source projects.” https://blog.google/... Kent Walker / @kent_walker : Open source software is the connective tissue for ...