Google makes Gemini and runs one of the largest data center fleets in the world.
2 stories: 1 on safety, 1 on environment. 1 is a court case.
Google and Character.AI agree to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed minors
Google and Character.AI agreed to settle family lawsuits in four states, including one over the 2024 suicide of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III.
Google's emissions rose 18% last year as AI pushed its power use up 37%
Google's 2026 environmental report shows target emissions 81% above 2019, the largest jump in electricity use in its history, and a goal it calls "getting harder."