Ruling Against Google's Monopoly

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This chapter examines a landmark judicial ruling that finds Google guilty of monopolistic practices, particularly regarding exclusive deals with major tech firms like Apple and Samsung. It explores the implications of this ruling on competition, advertising prices, and potential regulatory actions that could reshape the landscape of major tech companies.

Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

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In this episode:
- Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible.
- OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended leaves, and new lawsuits from Elon Musk.
- Rapid advancements in humanoid robotics exemplified by new models from companies like Figure in partnership with OpenAI, achieving amateur-level human performance in tasks like table tennis.
- Research advancements such as Google's compute-efficient inference models and self-compressing neural networks, showcasing significant reductions in compute requirements while maintaining performance.

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