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Google updates Search to fight low-quality spammy content, doesn't mention "AI" at all

An effort to neutralize "emerging tactics" designed to game search results
A hot potato: While we wait for the global revolution that AI algorithms will surely bring, Google is trying to survive the incoming spam-apocalypse enabled by automatic content generation at scale. The company is seemingly improving web search with more stringent rules against meaningless web pages, but their track record for the past few years is far from positive.
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Google accused of being "woke" after Gemini creates inaccurate, racially diverse historical images

It has now suspended the feature
Facepalm: Generative AIs are often accused of being biased, but it appears that Google went a bit too far in trying to address this problem with Gemini. The company has apologized after the tool produced images showing people of color and women in historically inaccurate contexts, such as Nazi-era German soldiers and the Founding Fathers. It's led to complaints about Gemini being "woke," and Google has now paused the feature while it makes changes.
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Google is testing a feature that holds customer service calls for you until a human representative arrives

Forward-looking: Most people dread calling customer service numbers because it usually means navigating a menu of automated options and then waiting on hold while listening to elevator music, sometimes for over an hour, before speaking to a live person. Google is testing a feature that allows technology to take your place for the initial steps of a call.
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