To date, the most widely used assistants have let you interact with phones via voice commands. The utility of being able to use your mobile device hands-free is obvious.
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NotebookLM, Google’s free tool for using AI to study or ask questions about a specific set of information, is massively expanding across the globe and gaining new support for websites and Google Slides.
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The past few years have seen Android phones come and go with lengthy promises tied to them, guaranteeing Android feature updates years in advance. Those promises are good to see, but they seem to mean less as Android OS updates take on AI-driven features – features that aging phones can’t always make use of.
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Google just announced a new tool called Veo that can generate videos over a minute long based on text prompts, much like a text-to-image tool. It isn’t available to the public just yet, but there is a way to start using it.
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Google has announced a groundbreaking new AI model named “Veo” that will take on video generation, tailored to users creative visions. Google is also upgrading its image generation model, bringing it to its third generation in Imagen 3.
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Google is bringing its signature AI-assisted “Help Me Write” feature to the Chrome browser with help from Gemini Nano.
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While there were quite a few exciting consumer announcements during Google’s annual conference, Google I/O has always been a developer-focused event. Here’s everything developers will want to know from Google I/O 2024.
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As part of the Google I/O 2024 pre-show, musical guest Marc Rebillet showcased Google’s MusicFX AI generation tool, incorporating it into his signature “Loop Daddy” style.
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Google is upgrading NotebookLM, its AI tool for asking questions about a set of documents, with new “audio overviews” that generate a podcast-like discussion between two speakers.
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To date, Google Chrome has launched three generative AI features and more that integrate Gemini are teased for this year. An interview today provides a look at the development process.
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Sundar Pichai is out with an internal email today detailing the big “Platforms & Devices” reorganization of Android, Chrome and Pixel, as well as other company-wide changes.
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Google aims to update its Terms of Service (ToS), which covers over 70 products, every two years and changes in the 2024 edition address AI.
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Initially launching last year as “Studio Bot,” Google is renaming its AI-powered app development assistant to “Gemini in Android Studio.”
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Google is working to adopt large language models (LLMs) everywhere. One such area is ads safety, with Google detailing such efforts in its 2023 report.
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In the latest beta version of the Google Search app, the company has moved closer to launching its Gemini chatbot on tablets.
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Following the announcement a month ago, Gemini is starting to roll out for some Google Messages beta users.
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Following the tease at the Pixel Watch 2 launch in October, Google Health provided an update on Fitbit Labs at The Checkup 2024 event.
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Gemma is Google’s new “family of lightweight, state-of-the-art open models” aimed at AI developers and researchers.
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As of late, there’s been increased chatter about AI agents that take a command and physically perform the task, including the needed taps and swipes, on your phone. This talk of building an AI agent reminds me a great deal of the “new Google Assistant” that was announced with the Pixel 4 in 2019.
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Sundar Pichai announced last week that Google One is about to cross 100 million subscribers. Google One is now getting a new AI Premium plan that costs $19.99.
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Announced as Assistant with Bard alongside the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro last October, Google today is rolling out Gemini to provide an optimized mobile experience that integrates with Android, while it’s now part of the Google app on iOS.
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Teased in December as its most capable AI model, Google is rolling out Gemini Ultra 1.0 today. To mark this occasion, Google Bard is being renamed to Gemini on the web, while it’s now available on Android and iOS.
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In a somewhat surprising move, it seems that Google is ditching the “Bard” branding altogether across the web app and the upcoming phone experience, switching entirely to “Gemini.”
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Generative AI is coming to Google Maps and will let you find places in a conversational manner.
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