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Q1 was the company’s best-ever quarterly profit thanks to whopping 62% year-over-year growth.

Unlike major competitors including Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama 3 model is open source and the AI assistant it powers has previously been locked inside the company’s app ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram.

The latest notification comes several months after the iPhone maker warned opposition politicians in India of a potential cyber attack.

Google parent Alphabet registered its highest share price ever on Tuesday, as the search engine titan rides the artificial intelligence wave to a historic valuation.

Canva is using it. Woolworths is too. So is unicorn Culture Amp. Some of Australia’s most successful companies are utilising Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities. Google Sydney opened its doors to Forbes Australia to show us the multimodal power of Gemini Pro.

If a deal happens, it could provide a major boost to Gemini, as it battles with rival AI services from the likes of OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic.

Security experts advise against using SMS messages for two-factor authentication codes due to their vulnerability to interception or compromise. Recently, a security researcher discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of such codes, which could be easily accessed by anyone.

Google apologized Friday for a tranche of historically inaccurate images generated on its Gemini AI image service, saying the feature “missed the mark” after widely circulated images sparked backlash from right-wing users and billionaire X owner Elon Musk.

The tech giant also announced a slew of Gemini services, including Gemini Advanced, the company’s most powerful AI product, available via its Google One subscription bundle.

The search giant faced a slew of historic cases this year, including a landmark antitrust trial against the federal government, a bitter fight against the maker of Fortnite, and its first-ever gender discrimination trial.