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Das steckt hinter Googles Sucht nach Innovationen

(This is behind Google's obsession with innovations)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 1.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, translation
Summary | Google is always on top of new trends in technology, usually they even set the trends. They are at a turning point right now: the past few years were a search for innovations under the header "mobile first" but now all innovations are geared towards improving artificial intelligence and machine learning. One of the biggest sub-projects of that is Google Translate. Thousands of people around the world are working on improving the translations in as many languages as possible. Users will even be able to take a picture of, say, a menu and have it translated on their smartphone.
Image Description | Image of Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Image Tags | Google, male(s)

So gefährlich ist die dunkle Seite der Online-Werbung

(This is how dangerous the dark side of online advertising is )

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, Google, law, marketing, threat
Summary | Hackers have found new ways to enter people's computers more effectively. Online advertisements can run a malware script as soon as one is on the website where the advertisement is shown - without clicking on it. This is dangerous for all websites that display advertising - the biggest advertisers online being Facebook and Google.
Image Description | Image of the Google headquarters with a male silhouette in front of it.
Image Tags | Google, logo, male(s)

Googles künstlich intelligenter Chat-Freund

(Google's artificially intelligent chat friend)

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Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 8.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, marketing, social media
Summary | Google is launching a new messaging app called Allo. Messaging apps are hailed to be the new thing after social media. Especially messaging apps lie the Chinese WeChat or Allo which have an AI assistant with which users can easily get simple information from within the app, transmit payments, or open a small shop that operates through the app.
Image Description | Reuters image of a man presenting Allo at a conference and a few screenshots of conversations with Allo's chatbot.
Image Tags | Google, male(s), text

In Race Against Fake News, Google and Facebook Stroll to the Starting Line

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Newspaper | New York Magazine
Date | 25.1.2017
Language | German
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, fake news, Google, politics, threat
Summary | Google and Facebook are beginning to respond to the wide criticism that they do nothing to combat fake news on their platforms. Critics blame the uncontested spread of fake news for the voting of Donald Trump. Facebook and Google are now trying to block new providers on their platforms that spread misleading content but critics doubt that these measures are very effective.
Image Description | Getty image of a Google cafeteria.
Image Tags | Google, male(s), smartphone

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