It's an age of reckoning for the monopolistic tendencies of Big Tech and this week Paul McIntyre, executive editor of media and marketing news outlet Mi3, helps us gain an understanding of the anti-competition trials Google is facing around the globe.
McIntyre sheds light on Google's online advertising dominance, how it manipulated an industry to get there, and the regulatory challenges it's facing as a result.
Just returned from Virginia, where he covered the latest antitrust case against Google, he offers a insights from his firsthand account of the proceedings and what they mean for the tech giant's future.
Plus, we explore the cautionary tale of a mental health app's chatbot that was led astray and consider the use of generative AI in sensitive contexts.
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From the episode
- Corporate mental health provider rolls back AI chatbot - BusinessDesk
- Clearhead founder wants quicker access to mental health services - BusinessDesk
- Would you trust AI with your mental health? - Medium
- NZ’s GovGPT chatbot is a perfect example of how to do trustworthy AI. - Medium
- Search monopoly: Google ruled a ‘monopolist’ - Mi3
- Google’s adtech monopoly trial ends early - Mi3
- Ricky Sutton - Google anti-trust coverage - Future Media
- Google, explained: How it dominates the buy side of advertising - Check My Ads
From elsewhere online
- Meta tests facial recognition for spotting 'celeb-bait' ads scams and easier account recovery - TechCrunch
- Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms including TikTok - TechCrunch
- Why Google Maps can't pronounce Māori place names - RNZ
- Tech Insider: Mighty Ape co-founder turns Book Hero - NZ Herald
- Tesla's futuristic flop - Autoblog
- Microsoft introduces ‘AI employees’ that can handle client queries - The Guardian
- Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free - The Register
- As Silicon Valley eyes US election, beware Elon Musk and the tech bros with political nous - The Guardian
- Chinese researchers break RSA encryption with a quantum computer - CSO Online
- Yuval Noah Harari’s guidebook for navigating the age of AI - Big Think
These show notes were written with some help from generative AI.
