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OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT, is launching a test version of a search engine that will cite sources of information, including news from content business partners.  SearchGPT will summarize websites, including news sites, and let users ask follow-up questions, as they already do…

Google’s head of EMEA has urged the media to play its role in bringing across the positive benefits of AI. Matt Brittin, who has championed generative AI for years, said that the media should go beyond “just writing the headlines” about the growing, invasive tech. “The headlines write…

In yet another sign of the vast changes that could soon shake up the entertainment business, Google has announced new features that developers could use to drastically change content production. Google’s flagship developer conference, called I/O, took place last month in Northern California…

Google is strengthening advertising ties with major media companies amid a broader push into ad-supported streaming. In a presentation kicking off the NewFronts in New York, Google execs gave Hollywood a significant spotlight. The tech giant announced a number of partnerships with companies using its…

Google and YouTube parent Alphabet blew away Wall Street estimates with revenue up 15% to $80.5 billion driven by strong ad growth. The company also announced a major milestone, its first ever dividend of 20 cents a share in June. The stock is up more than 12% after market close. During a call, CEO…

On Friday, Google began removing California news websites from some people’s search results. The move comes as a test of what would happen should the state Legislature pass a new law requiring the search engine to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google said in a blog post that it is…

Google has told its podcast app's users to migrate subscriptions to YouTube Music by April 2 to stream their favorite shows. Techcrunch reports that users who don't immediately act still have additional time to migrate, but will no longer be able to stream from the podcasts app directly after this…

In the first expansion of the Disney Real-Time Ad Exchange, the media company is rolling out a more advanced offering for streaming advertisers featuring tech platforms run by Google and The Trade Desk. Dubbed DRAX Direct, the initiative aims to streamline the process of buying ads on Disney+ and…

UPDATE: Supreme Court justices have been grappling all morning on the question of whether social media platforms are neutral gatekeepers, or whether their content moderation practices count as expressive activity protected by the First Amendment. The justices raised a series of questions over the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List and Google today revealed the four writers who were selected as the inaugural Black List x YouTube Originals Black Voices Creator Fellows. The recipients are Beverly Chukwu, Shannon Hawkins, Brandon Hines, and Duchant Johnson. More information about the Fellows is below. The…

YouTube TV has passed 8 million subscribers, cementing its place as one of the top U.S. pay-TV services just seven years after its launch. That stat was among several revelations by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan in his annual letter about the state of the Google-owned video giant. Another eye-catching…

Google execs are actively considering an international expansion of pay-TV service YouTube TV, Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. “It is something we are closely looking at,” Schindler said. “There’s nothing specific I have to add at this…