Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Google agrees to pay $68 million to settle claims its assistant tool secretly recorded users, which the plaintiffs argued violated their privacy rights.

The tech giant did not admit wrongdoing in the case.

AI Mode is in your AI Overviews now on Google Search. On Tuesday, Google announced that it was rolling out a new feature to Google Search on mobile that adds the ability for users to ask follow-up questions directly within AI Overviews and continue to carry on conversations about the topic in AI Mode.

Google's AI Plus is coming to the US and 34 other new countries today, and it's available at just $3.99/month for the first two months for new subscribers.

Google Ads are not going anywhere. Eventually, AI Search results on Google and likely other properties will have ads. Google recently reported $56.57 billion in revenue from ads on Search and YouTube. You obviously can't expect ads to disappear from its ...

Google announced Gemini 3, an upgraded artificial intelligence model, almost eight months after the company rolled out Gemini 2.5. The company said its latest suite of AI models will require users to do "less prompting" to get the desired results.

After introducing the plan internationally in September, Google is bringing its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries, including the US.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms following this update, including WhatsApp. Microsoft ...

The company is targeting a global network employed by hackers and criminals that often uses devices silently running in the homes of everyday Americans.