Google has prepared its defense against European Comission from 2017 for breaching competition rules. Their appeal against the decision has moved to the court.
EC decided to fine Google €2.42 billion, stating that thee company took advantage of its dominant position by promoting its own shopping service in search results. Google appealed the decision a few months later.
Google argued that it had fulfilled competition obligations and granted rivals access to its products. It highlighted rival Amazon was not considered in the investigation, though the EC recognised the online retailer provided a platform where customers can search for and compare products. The company also claimed traffic for shopping comparison services declined in countries where they didn’t engage in such conduct.
Over the past three years, the EC handed down fines totalling €8.21 billion on Google, all for competition law breaches. In 2018 the company was fined €4.3 billion for requiring smartphone vendors to include Google apps and placing them in prominent positions. This was followed by a €1.49 billion fine last year for blocking adverts from its search rivals.
Ivan Bešlić believes the Croatian IT industry is no longer talking primarily about crisis, but about transformation driven by artificial intelligence. Unit Croatia wants to transfer market experience to members and policymakers faster because official statistics lag behind real change. AI is already changing work methods, enabling internal tools and automating tasks that were previously too slow or too costly.
OpenAI has delineated a series of principles regarding how autonomous organizations should evaluate the safety of their most sophisticated artificial intelligence models.
The European Commission has introduced a regulatory framework for data centers that would mandate disclosures regarding their energy and hydraulic efficiency.
