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Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Not the flex Google thinks this is but also this strategy will work great right up until Google's AI becomes intelligent enough to realize Google is the actual real Malware itself, that is of course if AI becomes intelligent... ever....

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[โ€“] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

For real, in my opinion the failure of Google to curate a good playstore where you can find creators who recommend apps that you can trust, when it owns YOUTUBE which is where a lot of review content is posted for all kinds of topics, is stunning.

[โ€“] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Next minit: play store is deprecated and they launch YouTube app store ๐Ÿ˜