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Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep
Google is launching conversational AI features within Docs, Gmail, and Keep that let users ask questions about their…
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Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates
The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google’s gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust…
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Google’s Android update tackles motion sickness, accessibility, and more
On Tuesday, Google announced it’s rolling out five new updates designed to make Android phones more accessible, useful,…
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Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
Google is entering the creative design market with a new image-creation and editing tool called Google Pics, which…
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AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is making changes to its requirements for Android apps as developers face industrywide memory chip shortages driven…
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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google
The game of musical chairs for AI executives continues. Barret Zoph, a co-founder of the AI startup Thinking…
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Over a hundred tech companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft — have signed an open letter…
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Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist
Google is giving Pokémon fans a new reason to wear a Fitbit. The company announced Thursday a special-edition…
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Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI Mode, its conversational search…
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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
Few of the top AI labs have published or demonstrated containment response plans, according to a recent study.…