Better AI, Bigger Disappointment?
While your new AI assistant excels at scheduling a meeting, it fundamentally cannot mend the deeper fractures within our world. This week, my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters shared their hands-...
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While your new AI assistant excels at scheduling a meeting, it fundamentally cannot mend the deeper fractures within our world. This week, my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters shared their hands-...
Google has committed to a significant environmental goal: to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030. This pledge comes as the tech giant faces increasing scrutiny and public opposition regardin...
Leveraging your existing photo library, this new functionality enables users to virtually try on and combine outfits, with the option to save and share their personalized looks. The feature is being p...
Google announced on Tuesday the introduction of a new fake call detection feature for Android, designed to safeguard users against sophisticated AI deepfake impersonation scams. This crucial security...
Google is introducing a significant new feature for its Phone app, designed to shield users from increasingly sophisticated AI impersonation scams. This update will automatically identify and flag inc...
This represents a remarkable technological advancement, yet it simultaneously casts a disquieting shadow over the future. For the past four years, AI product demonstrations have consistently touted tr...
Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced on Monday its intention to secure $80 billion in capital to underpin its ambitious expansion of AI infrastructure. This substantial funding will be generat...
Gemini Spark is Google’s innovative new 24/7 agentic assistant, designed to simplify and streamline your digital life. Its core purpose is to help users manage online tasks, efficiently summarize leng...
Google Workspace is introducing a new feature, scheduled to roll out to users starting June 3rd, which will enable the sharing of Gemini conversation snapshots. This functionality will be facilitated...
YouTube announced on Thursday the unveiling of new podcast features for its Premium subscribers. These enhancements include an AI-powered recommendation engine, an "Auto speed" setting, and a dedicate...
Google’s AI Overview, a centerpiece of its revamped search experience, has demonstrated a surprising inability to correctly count letters within words. When asked how many 'P's are in "Google," the AI...
Google has confirmed that user-designated preferred sources, such as reputable publications like The Verge, will be distinctly labeled within its AI Overviews and AI Mode functionalities. This initiat...
Google has temporarily suspended the display of an AI Overview for the term "disregard" since Friday. This action was taken because the specific word was reportedly causing the AI Overviews to overrid...
With AI video models continuously advancing, YouTube is transitioning from solely relying on creators to label their AI-generated content. The platform announced on Wednesday that its internal systems...
Following Google's recent unveiling of its revamped Search box at I/O last week, privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has reported a significant uptick in its user engagement. The company states t...
Following Google's recent extensive overhaul of its Search platform, a notable shift in user sentiment has emerged. One individual was overheard expressing her intention to switch to DuckDuckGo, citin...
OpenRouter, established in 2023 as a unified gateway and API for Large Language Models, has successfully secured $113 million in Series B funding. This significant round was spearheaded by CapitalG, t...
An observation initially highlighted on Bluesky reveals an occasional inaccuracy within Google's AI Overviews. When users query "is it 2027 next year," the AI sometimes erroneously responds that 2027...
During a recent event in Los Angeles, I had the opportunity to speak with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud. With the calm and measured demeanor of a university professor, de Souza offered valuabl...
My recent engagement with Google's Omni AI model involved sending my child's stuffed animal on a virtual rafting trip and placing a deepfaked version of myself in front of the Eiffel Tower. While impr...
Google embraced a trending aesthetic on Friday, introducing a collection of disco ball-themed app icons for Android users. This move follows Spotify's recent temporary disco ball icon, launched to com...
Google recently unveiled a significantly redesigned Search experience, prominently featuring AI-generated summaries and relegating the familiar list of ten blue links further down the page. However, t...
Google's recently launched AI Overviews are currently exhibiting an unusual behavior, failing to provide their standard summary for specific search queries. Instead of the anticipated AI-generated ove...
During Google’s I/O developer conference this week, we experienced a brief hands-on demonstration of the company's forthcoming AI-powered glasses. These were not the audio-only glasses slated for ship...