I've been focused all afternoon reporting/writing about the verdict, but finally have time to share a bit more about the ruling — and reactions from @TheJusticeDept and @Google about the opinion. I'll share a thread here w/ some thoughts about what both sides & observers noted.
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Privacy and Safety Concerns Delay Product Release Decision
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well, out of all the players, they seem to care about privacy and safety the most. This is why this was not released a year ago IMO.
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Google Antitrust Trial: Legal Remedies and Industry Impact
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If anyone has thoughts on the decision and/or POVs on potential remedies, let us know! Also, here's a link to our past @Digiday coverage of @Google on trial: https://
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US Protests Against Super AI Development Acceleration
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Les premières manifestations pour freiner la Super Intelligence Artificielle commencent aux Etats-Unis
— Docteur Laurent Alexandre (@dr_l_alexandre) 17 avril 2025
Vous pensez vous qu’il faut continuer à accélérer vers la Super IA ou qu’il faut la retarder ?pic.twitter.com/dN7m9NKEgQLes premières manifestations pour freiner la Super Intelligence Artificielle commencent aux Etats-Unis Vous pensez vous qu’il faut continuer à accélérer vers la Super IA ou qu’il faut la retarder ?
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Google Found Guilty of Antitrust Violations in Ad Tech Markets
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Google has been found guilty of antitrust violations in two of the three alleged markets, following a long-awaited ruling in its ad tech antitrust battle with the Justice Department. The court's ruling just landed this morning.
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Trade Tariffs Impact on Tech and AI Development
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https://
stratechery.com/2025/trade-tar
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AI Testing as Overton Window Manipulation Strategy
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you think we were testing photogrammetry but we just testing the overton window
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Red Team Banking Security: Adversarial Testing Beyond Percentile Performance
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But the red team gets as many bites at the apple at as many banks as it needs, and can if necessary buy the services of humans who have >0% realized performance at beating fraud teams at the 20th percentile banks. (… Wouldn’t be necessary.)
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Temu and Shein Advertising Disappears After Two Weeks
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I told you all that Temu and Shein advertising would disappear two weeks ago
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WPP’s AI Chief Designs Guardrails for Scaling AI Agents
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For my latest @Digiday story, I spoke w/ @WPP Chief AI Officer about building infrastructure & guardrails for AI systems. (Link below.) One analogy I thought of: Daniel Hulme role is kinda like an urban planner for AI that designs roads & rules for safely scaling AI agents.