2025-03-22
“'Google argues that publishers “vastly overestimate” the value of their journalism to its business;” - At some point we/consumers have to protest in the only way we can. Find another search engine and use it. Just do it. — techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/g...
The Keyword
Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal
techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/g... Jacob Parry / @jacob-parry : Google contends that “European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenue for Google,” citing tests o...
2025-02-14
As the UK AI Safety Institute drops ‘safety’ for ‘security’ it seems there's no longer any pretence - “it's no longer keeping an eye on societal risks, and it no longer appears to be focusing on potential for AI running amok” — fortune.com/2025/02/13/u...
TechCrunch
The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute, in a pivot to cybersecurity, and is exploring ways to use Anthropic's Claude in public services
The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that …