Gerrit De Vynck

San Francisco

Tech reporter covering Google, algorithms and artificial intelligence

Education: Carleton University, BA in Journalism and Global Politics

Gerrit De Vynck is a tech reporter for The Washington Post. He writes about Google, artificial intelligence and the algorithms that increasingly shape society. He previously covered tech for seven years at Bloomberg News.
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YouTube takes down right-wing channels linked to DOJ Russia indictments

YouTube “terminated” Tenet Media and other channels run by Lauren Chen, who was accused by the DOJ Wednesday of using Russian government money to pay right-wing influencers.

September 5, 2024
YouTube “terminated” Tenet Media and four other channels run by a right-wing media entrepreneur.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk is overflowing with AI bills

The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.

September 5, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) holds the power to sign or veto several pieces of AI-related legislation.

Few have tried OpenAI’s Google killer. Here’s what they think.

OpenAI’s search tool shows promise but lacks Google’s specialized functions and can suffer from hallucinations.

September 4, 2024

Telegram’s Pavel Durov built a haven for free speech — and child predators

Telegram’s anything-goes approach to online content has also made it one of the internet’s largest havens for child predators, experts say.

August 29, 2024

California AI bill passes State Assembly, pushing AI fight to Newsom

The bill, which seeks to make companies liable if their artificial intelligence harms people, is at the center of a debate over how to regulate the technology.

August 28, 2024
The bill, which passed with a vote of 41-9, will now return to the state Senate, where it was first introduced, and is expected to quickly land at the governor's desk. (Nick Otto for The Washington Post)

Nvidia results show AI boom continues despite recent bubble fears

The company makes computer chips needed to train and run advanced AI. Its financial results are a weathervane for the AI boom.

August 28, 2024
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a keynote at the Sphere in Las Vegas in June.

Google sued by longtime enemy Yelp after years of antitrust complaints

The reviews site said a court ruling that Google had an illegal monopoly in search opened the door to its own lawsuit.

August 28, 2024
Yelp argues that Google gives its own reviews preferential placement in search results, directing traffic away from Yelp.

Google must face trial over claims Chrome misled users on data collection

A federal appeals court ruled that Google must face trial in a case seeking class action status that alleges its Chrome browser misled users over data collection.

August 20, 2024
A woman walks past the logo for Google at a conference in 2018.

OpenAI says Iranian group used ChatGPT to try to influence U.S. election

The AI company found its tools used for websites and social media posts trying to increase polarization in the U.S. election. The posts did not gain widespread traction, OpenAI said.

August 16, 2024

Google monopoly ruling shows 19th-century law can police Big Tech

The first big tech-sector anti-monopoly ruling in a generation challenges the idea that the internet era has outgrown U.S. antitrust law.

August 8, 2024
Monday's ruling that Google is a monopoly is the first outcome in a series of cases underway against tech giants including Apple, Meta and Amazon.