Michael Liedtke

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, right, talks to moderator Emily Chang, of Bloomberg, during a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. From left; moderator Laurene Powell-Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective, Chris Cox, CPO, Meta, James Manyika, SVP of Research, Technology & Society, Google, and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, participate in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. From left; Chris Cox, CPO, Meta, James Manyika, SVP of Research, Technology & Society, Google, and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, participate in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman walks to his seat to participate in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, right, talks to moderator Emily Chang, of Bloomberg, during a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, takes part in a discussion entitled "Innovation That Empowers" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. From left; moderator Laurene Powell-Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective, Chris Cox, CPO, Meta, James Manyika, SVP of Research, Technology & Society, Google, and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, participate in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. From left; Chris Cox, CPO, Meta, James Manyika, SVP of Research, Technology & Society, Google, and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, participate in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman participates in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. Open AI CEO Sam Altman walks to his seat to participate in a discussion entitled 'Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.

SAN FRANCISCO – Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system. The portrayal came during testimony Monday in an antitrust trial focused on Epic Games’ attempt to upend Google’s store for Android phone apps. Sweeney’s appearance came less than a week after Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the way his company runs its Play Store for Android apps. Epic, maker of the popular Fortnite game, alleges that Google has engaged in illegal price-gouging by collecting commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app digital transactions.

Epic alleges that Google has been engaged in illegal price-gouging by collecting commissions ranging from 15% to 30% on in-app digital transactions.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unlike Google, Facebook and other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT was not created to be a business. It was set up as a nonprofit by founders who hoped that it wouldn’t be beholden to commercial interests.