In the next two years, Google will invest another 5 billion euros in Belgium to increase the cloud and AI infrastructure. This effort involves expanding its placement of data centers in Saint-Ghislain and creating 300 new full-time jobs. At the same time, they are incorrect agreements with Enenec, Luminus and Renner to help develop wind farms on the mainland and support the energy network with clean energy.
This investment is not just about hardware. Google says it will also finance free AI training for low -skilled workers through non -profit partners, so the Belgians can build new AI -controlled economics.
Google Alphabet Inc seeks to maintain the right to combine its popular applications such as Maps and YouTube, with its AI Gemini service, a lawyer for company 8. October told the American federal judge.
“There is no idea that Google has so far gained a monopoly or market power in the artificial intelligence market,” said Google lawyer John Schmidtlein to judge Amit Mehta. He added: “It was not found that maps are a monopoly product or that YouTube is a monopoly product.”
Judge Mehta, who has already decided that Google’s monopolized advertising and search ad is working to remedy the company’s behavior. Last month, Google decided that Google could no longer pay companies solely on using their search, chromium or playing games, even if all payments have not forbidden directly. His order merged part of Google’s ideas and the Ministry of Justice and launched Wednesday’s session, where both parties carried out the final pressure.
In the courtroom, the witnesses said Google forcing a package of “all-or-walking” apps on devices: to get a dozen Google applications to get the manufacturers. This meant that Microsoft had to include Google searching on its Surface Du device instead of promoting your own Bing search engine.
The Ministry of Justice claims that the same rules that apply to search, chromium and play should also apply to the Gemini AI package. Google is against adding such limits.
YouTube Google is extremely influential: Bloomberg reports that it is now larger than all Disney TV networks and combined streaming services based on audiences and ads. Users follow more than 1 billion hours of content a day on YouTube.
Meanwhile, Google maps dominate navigation and mapping. Last year, 2 billion users have passed throughout the year, far before “hundreds of millions” Apple Maps since 2020. More than 5 million applications and websites also use Google maps to power position -based features.
The Biden-Era justice department has also expressed Google maps for antitrust problems in the past, although it has never failed the case.
For the hearing of Schmidtlein, he claimed that Google should not face restrictions, even if the AI is still evolving. He compared Google Babling Gemini with Microsoft, who overthrew the braid AI feature inside Office Software.
However, Judge Mehta seemed to be careful to release Google Force Gemini on the device manufacturer only to access maps or YouTube. He warned that this could allow Google to use his existing power in these markets to unfairly strengthen his AI service.
Cameron Gower, representing the Ministry of Justice, encouraged Meht to treat Gemini as well as Chrome and restricted restrictions to the volume.
Mehta refused to set the date for his last decision.
In a separate move, Google will be an official cloud provider for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles 2028, which will join La28 as a founding partner. Cloud systems and AI tools, including Gemini and “AI mode” in search, help fans find information and support events across NBCuniversal broadcasting.
Casey Wasserman, chairman and President of La28, said the agreement was to create “technologically advanced, engaging and digitally accessible games”. Google VP Marvin Chow added that the partnership would become personalized for spectators. The head of NBCUNIVERSAL, Mark Marshall, said Google Tech’s match and NBC content would create a “world -class viewing experience”.
YouTube will host the selected content of the Olympics in cooperation with NBCuniversal. Infrastructure will be supported by millions of users, plus athletes and more than 70,000 volunteers.
This announcement comes when La28 increases sponsorship. Google joins Starbucks, Honda, Comcast and Delta as founding partners. The aim of the games is to increase the new agreements of $ 800 billion to $ 1 billion in 2025, pushing the total sponsorship to $ 2 billion.
Los Angeles will organize the Olympics for the third time (after 1932, 1984) and the first Paralympic Games. La28 plans to use existing places rather than build many new ones.
(Photo Patrick Robert Doyle)
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