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Google project is running “prebunking experiment” on social media

February 16, 2023 -

(Article by Didi Rankovic republished from ReclaimTheNet.org)

According to a blog post, the latest such solution is “the largest prebunking experiment on social media to date” launched in September, with the goal of “countering the threat of disinformation.” Speaking of jigsaws – this also appears to be a piece in the puzzle that is the fierce “war on disinformation” that is being waged by Big Tech and traditional media.

“Prebunking” could be described as “precrime’s ...

Google unveils plan to use AI to completely destroy journalism

May 16, 2023 -

A May 12 article published on Futurism expounded on the tech giant's new AI-powered search interface called Search Generative Experience (SGE). The interface included a feature called AI Snapshot, which the piece described as "an enormous top-of-the-page summarization feature" made using the AI's large language model (LLM).

The piece cited David Pierce of the Verge, who explained how the AI Snapshot feature works. According to him, the snapshot feature appears above the ...

Google forges deal with UN, WHO to unleash new global CENSORSHIP tool

August 17, 2023 -

LaToya Drake, Google's News Lab head, revealed that her corporate employer's new "Fact Check Tools" apparatus is all about "improving information quality." Its stated purpose, according to one outside observer, is "to eliminate dissent on any topic Google selects."

The Google News Lab itself, which we now know is simply a purveyor of fake news, describes itself as "a team within the Google News Initiative (GNI) whose mission is to collaborate ...

Google allows users to have their explicit photos removed from search results

August 09, 2023 -

According to the company, the new feature is one of three updates that can help give users more control over content about themselves that is available through the popular Google search engine. Google Public Liaison for Search Danny Sullivan said the feature is one of the many things that the company is "trying to do to help people feel [in] control of their online experience."

But there is one exception to the removal policy: Users can't ask to have ...

Google, Facebook are hijacking your personal data and using it against you

December 24, 2022 -

(Article republished from TakeControl.Substack.com)

“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.” — Czes?aw Mi?osz

In recent years, a number of brave individuals have alerted us to the fact that we’re all being monitored and manipulated by big data gatherers such as Google and Facebook, and shed light on the depth and breadth of this ongoing surveillance....

Google engineers keep taking their own lives and company won’t discuss it: Report

May 09, 2023 -

The tragic incident occurred last week when a senior software engineer reportedly jumped to his death from the 14th floor of Google's headquarters in Chelsea. The authorities have not yet revealed the man's identity as they are still in the process of informing his family, the Hindustan Times reported.

"According to police sources, multiple 911 calls were made after an unconscious person was found lying on the ground near a building on West 15th Street, opposite ...

Google CEO admits he DOESN’T UNDERSTAND how his company’s AI chatbot Bard works

April 19, 2023 -

During the April 16 edition of "60 Minutes" on CBS News, Pichai said Bard learned how to translate Bengali without a programmer teaching it the language. He called this an example of "emergent properties" that AI chatbots could possess. Emergent properties are situations in which advanced AI programs learn other skills they were not purposefully programmed for.

"There is an aspect of this which … all of us in the field call as a 'black box.' You know, you don't fully understand ...

Google tightens belt, implements cost-cutting measures like removing snack bars and staplers

April 07, 2023 -

Google CFO Ruth Porat broke the news in a March 31 email sent to all employees of the Mountain View, California-based technology firm. Her email said the cost-cutting measures aimed to "deliver durable savings through improved velocity and efficiency."

The measures Porat cited in her email included the removal of some snack bars or "microkitchens" and the closure of cafeterias on days with modest traffic.

Internal documents viewed by CNBC expounded on the ...

Google unveils new AI medicine robots: Are HUMAN doctors about to become obsolete?

January 09, 2023 -

Towards this end, researchers looked at Google's AI chatbot, which they asked a series of common medical questions. They found that the program answered 92.6 percent of questions correctly, this compared to a 92.9 percent accuracy rate among actual doctors.

Google has been programming and tuning the chatbot over the years by feeding it generally accepted information about modern medicine, to which it outputs approved answers to various questions. In ...

Google already RIGGING 2024 election by making Republican candidates, RFK Jr. INVISIBLE in search results

2 months ago -

Tests conducted by MRC and Just the News suggest that the online visibility of the GOP's 2024 presidential lineup is basically zero. The same is true of RFK Jr., who recently announced plans to switch from running as a Democrat to now running as an Independent.

MRC Free Speech America says the Google search engine failed to produce fair results for GOP candidates and RFK Jr. in multiple searches. The tests were conducted just prior to the recent Republican presidential ...

Google updated its privacy policy so it can use all your data to train AI

July 11, 2023 -

The new policy states: “We may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities.”

Among the activities that Google considers fair game are everything you've searched for, purchased or watched online as well as any location data shared via Android phone. They also say they will gather information ...

Google shares lose $100 billion after new AI chatbot gives an incorrect answer in demo

February 10, 2023 -

Google's new AI chatbot tool, which is known as Bard, has not been released to the public yet but had been the subject of significant hype – at least until the disastrous demo that the company posted on Twitter this week.

In the demo, a user asks Bard the question: “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9 year old about?”

The AI tool then gives the user a response that contains several bullet points about the telescope....

Google removes criticism of Brazil’s “fake news” censorship law after government threatens it with huge fine

May 04, 2023 -

(Article by Tom Parker republished from ReclaimTheNet.org)

Recently, Google started warning Brazilian users on its homepage that the fake news law could “increase confusion about what is true or a lie.” Shortly after posting this criticism, activist group Sleeping Giants Brasil complained that Google was “using its own platform to attack PL [the fake news law].”

This complaint got the attention of Brazil’s Justice Minister, Flávio Dino, who flagged ...

Google unveils new “fact-checking tools” meant to censor and keep independent media out of search results

September 05, 2023 -

In a short video, LaToya Drake, head of North American affairs at the Google News Initiative, announced the rollout of new tools the Big Tech company claims will help people "verify and tell news stories" and "improve information quality." (Related: Google rolls out new generative AI feature that summarizes articles – meaning, you can only see what it allows you to see.)

The Google News Initiative will "work with publishers and journalists ...

Google Cloud launches AI-powered anti-money laundering tool for banks, paving the way for Orwellian financial surveillance

July 07, 2023 -

The cloud computing subsidiary of the search engine giant launched the Anti Money Laundering AI (AML AI) tool, which is designed to detect illicit financial activities, last June 21. AML AI seeks to address the limitations of traditional rules-based systems that rely heavily on human monitoring. According to ZeroHedge, these traditional systems to detect money laundering have limitations – including heavy reliance on human monitoring and low rates of identifying suspicious transactions....

Google is using AI to dig through Gmail accounts to “find exactly what you’re looking for” – and perhaps MORE

June 06, 2023 -

Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced the change in a blog post on its website on June 2, telling everyone who uses Gmail on their smartphones that they will soon see a "top results" section when they are searching through their old messages or attachments in their Gmail app. (Related: Ex-Google engineer warns Microsoft's AI-powered Bing chatbot could be sentient.)

This new feature is meant to speed up the process of finding emails or files while ...

Google rolls out new generative AI feature that summarizes articles – meaning, you can only see what it allows you to see

August 23, 2023 -

SGE has already been active on Chrome. But the new feature, known as "SGE while browsing," is designed to take the feature a step further by immediately providing summaries to articles users click on.

Google has described this new feature as a tool to efficiently "navigate information online" and better engage with long-form content from different publishers and creators to make it easier to find certain subjects. (Related: Google is using AI to dig ...

Google’s rush to win AI race has led to ETHICAL LAPSES

April 24, 2023 -

According to the employees, the management asked them to test out Google's AI chatbot Bard in March, shortly before its public launch. One worker said the chatbot was "a pathological liar," while another dubbed it "cringe-worthy." A third employee posted his thoughts about Bard in an internal message group in February: "Bard is worse than useless; please do not launch."

The said note was viewed by nearly 7,000 people, with many agreeing that the chatbot's answers ...