The US Senate passed COPPA 2.0 again, which would create new protections for young users online; the bill now heads to the House, where it has struggled to pass
The measure for protecting children and teens' personal data could once more fail in the House. — Today the US Senate unanimously …
Google schedules I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 in Mountain View, teasing the “latest AI breakthroughs and updates” in Gemini, Android, and more
Following the puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2026 is taking place May 19-20. — I/O 2026 will feature …
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise, designed to help employees automate tasks and generate content across departments, priced at $30 per user per month
Google's cloud unit is launching an artificial intelligence platform called Gemini Enterprise that it hopes will reach everyday workers …
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited”
Google said a large language model it developed to find vulnerabilities recently discovered a bug that hackers were preparing to use.
Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, and others form the Coalition for Secure AI to share best practices and open-source methodologies for secure AI deployment
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Google sues two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent crypto trading and investment apps to steal users' money
and that's just from people who shared this information with authorities. … Halimah DeLaine Prado / Halimah DeLaine Prado : Today we filed litigation to protect our users and prod...
The UN unanimously adopts the first global resolution on AI, encouraging countries to protect personal data, monitor AI for risks, and safeguard human rights
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence …
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 pate...
The US National Science Foundation partners with OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, and others to launch NAIRR, a pilot to expand researchers' access to AI tools
combining the best of safety, privacy, & use! We're hiring!!! https://openmined.org/... @whostp : Today, @NSF launched the National AI Research Resource pilot. Giving researchers, ...
Google sues unnamed individuals in India and Vietnam for tricking US-based SMB owners with Facebook accounts into clicking fake Bard ads that install malware
Lawsuit attributes the alleged scheme to hackers in India and Vietnam — Scammers are capitalizing on the rush of consumer interest …
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/...
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...
Hacking Policy Council launches to advocate for laws that protect security researchers' work; founding members include HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Google, and Intel
“There are advocacy groups for reptile owners but not hackers, so that seems like a miss,” said Ilona Cohen of HackerOne.
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies
- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
Google and YouTube outline plans to limit the spread of election misinformation in the 2022 US midterms, like highlighting journalism from authoritative sources
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch :
Google and YouTube outline plans to curtail political misinformation during the 2022 US midterms, including highlighting journalism from authoritative sources
Google and its video sharing app YouTube outlined plans for handling the 2022 U.S. midterm elections this week …
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 ...
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 sh...