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The stakes are high as two of the biggest artificial intelligence players prepare to unveil results, a day after Meta Platforms Inc. alarmed investors with its forecast.

The move has major ramifications for the $600 billion online ad industry.

Amazons cloud unit is facing pressure from Microsofts early pact with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and integration of its technology into Azure, while Alexa voice assistant is in race with genAI chat tools from OpenAI and Google.

Google: Russia has been at loggerheads with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

The EU antitrust will investigate Alphabets rules on Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search.

Google said Gemini will improve a product called Performance Max, which automatically finds the best placements for a brands ads across Google services including email, search and YouTube.

While talks are still ongoing, complexities surrounding Dunzos ownership structure have impeded the two parties from coming to an understanding over a deal, the report said.

The consortium, which also includes BP, Cisco Systems, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Northop Grumman, Mastercard, Qualcomm, Visa and major academic institutions and government agencies, will be housed under the U.S. AI Safety Institute (USAISI).

The lackluster showing was an inauspicious beginning to a year when investors are expected to look for signs of financial returns from the billions of dollars of investments committed to the heavily hyped generative AI sector.​

"Were still trying to get it all to work," said Jay Goldberg, chief executive of D2D Advisory. "You need the silicon and the software, and its only been a year since ChatGPT launched - people are still getting on board."