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Final Arguments in Google Antitrust Trial Conclude, Setting Up Landmark Ruling

Judge Amit P. Mehta must now decide whether Google violated the law, potentially setting a precedent for a series of tech monopoly cases.

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The Justice Department and state attorneys general say that Google has abused a monopoly over the search business, stifling competitors and limiting innovation, something the company denies.

Judge Grills U.S. and Google on Antitrust Claims

Judge Amit P. Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighs a ruling that could reshape tech.

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Lawyers for the Department of Justice, including Kenneth Dintzer, front right, and Meagan Bellshaw, front left. The Justice Department has sued Google, accusing it of illegally shoring up a monopoly in online search.

Inside Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill

A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.

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Congressional representatives joined TikTok creators at the Capitol last year ahead of a House vote to ban the app. The Senate passed a version of the bill this week.

AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material May Overwhelm Tip Line

A report by Stanford researchers cautions that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children doesn’t have the resources to help fight the new epidemic.

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Journalists outside a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation in January. A new report says A.I. is adding to the problem.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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Researchers at OpenAI’s office in San Francisco developed a tool to transcribe YouTube videos to amass conversational text for A.I. development.
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