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Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test AI for bias

A Google employee speaks at the company’s annual I/O developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, US, May 11, 2022. Google/Jana Asenbrennerova/Handout via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OAKLAND, Calif., May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday unveiled a palette of 10 skin tones […]

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Artificial intelligence

Google unveils artificial intelligence tool for real-world searches

May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday previewed augmented-reality glasses that display translations of conversations in real time, and it laid out additional plans to bridge the real world and its digital universe of search, Maps and other services using artificial intelligence. Google also teased a tablet to be launched in 2023 […]

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Business

Indexes fall, led by Nasdaq, as inflation data offers little relief to investors

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register US consumer prices slow in April; inflation still high Coinbase falls on Q1 revenue slump, net loss Indexes: Dow down 0.1%, S&P down 0.6%, […]

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Business

EXCLUSIVE Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come

BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced publicly […]