Google announces its 12-week ‘AI First’ accelerator to support Seed to Series A startups in MENA and Turkiye with AI tools and mentorship
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Google and Hub71 to support AI startups in Abu Dhabi
AI startups in Abu Dhabi look to possible $300,000 funding boost from Hub71 and Google collaboration
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Google-backed AI firm NeurochainAI teams up with W Chain for smart payment solutions
W Chain and NeurochainAI will combine forces to offer smart global payment tools, with real-time fee adjustment and fraud detection features
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Federal judge rules Google has illegal monopoly in web advertising
Judge says Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges
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Google inks its biggest acquisition with $32bn deal for cloud security firm Wiz
The all-cash deal helps Google Cloud accelerate two large and growing trends in AI era – improved cloud security and the use of multiple clouds
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AB Majlis podcast: Google MENA tackles ‘hardest challenge’ in AI – Mastering 16 Arabic dialects
Anthony Nakache, Managing Director of Google MENA, revealed the company’s progress in creating AI that can truly understand the region’s linguistic diversity
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Google unveils Gemma 3, expanding open AI capabilities
The release follows the first anniversary of the Gemma model family, which has seen over 100 million downloads and more than 60,000 variants created by developers
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Google reveals UAE search trends for 2024: Donald Trump, conflict, cricket and rain
Google top searches for 2024 identify trends of people in the UAE throughout the year
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Google urges FTC to break up Microsoft’s cloud deal with OpenAI: report
Tech companies that compete with Microsoft in renting out cloud servers also want to host OpenAI’s models
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US regulators push for Google breakup, seek sale of Chrome web browser and restrictions on Android
Trying to break up Google harks back to a similar punishment initially imposed on Microsoft a quarter century ago following another major antitrust trial, which was subsequently overturned
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OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT in challenge to Google
OpenAI collaborated extensively with the news industry and gathered feedback from its partners regarding the search function
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Google launches AI Opportunity Initiative for MENA, investing $15mn by 2027
The new initiative aims to empower half a million individuals within two years with critical AI skills
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120mn ‘Global AI Opportunity Fund’ at UN Summit
The fund will be provided to make artificial intelligence (AI) education and training available in communities around the world