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Google eyes a potential $4 million investment in CoRover.ai, a Bengaluru-based startup behind BharatGPT, an indigenous Large Language Model catering to over a dozen Indian languages. This AI system revolutionizes communication, offering seamless interactions across various sectors, hinting at a significant leap in India's native-language AI technology.

The US-based tech giant Google is reportedly introducing a new unsubscribe button in the Gmail Android app, making it simpler to opt out of spam emails. It is currently not widely available, and there is no information regarding its availability on iOS devices.

Google has announced that its Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos. Although Bard already had the ability to analyze YouTube videos with the launch of the YouTube Extension back in September, the chatbot can now give you specific answers about queries related to the content of a video.

Emphasizing that the safe harbour immunity clause will not apply without adequate action from platforms, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw disclosed plans for a meeting within the next 3-4 days. The government had previously issued a notice on deepfakes, and while platforms responded, the minister stressed the need for more aggressive measures

Google says it is implementing this policy to reduce the risk of these inactive accounts being easy targets for security issues. It’s like a security measure to protect against identity theft and other not-so-friendly digital activities.

The US-based tech giant Google quietly introduced a new variant of the Pixel 8 Pro with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage in the country. It is already listed on the e-commerce platform Flipkart.

Google has recently expanded its car crash detection feature for Pixel phones in India. The feature uses location, motion sensors, and surrounding sounds to detect serious accidents and call for emergency assistance.

Google is extending this option to use either "Bharat" or "India" across various products, including Search, Translator, and News. Although there hasn't been official confirmation from Google regarding these changes, users can readily observe the shift in their search results.

Google reportedly paid $26.3 billion in 2021 to secure default search status, a more than threefold increase since 2014, as disclosed during the antitrust trial, with search advertising revenue reaching $146.4 billion.

Google's Pixel series will soon be manufactured in India, and the first India-made model of the Google Pixel 8 will come to the market in 2024. The announcement was made at the Google for India 2023 event on Thursday, October 19, by Google Senior Vice President for Devices and Services Rick Osterloh.