Gmail gets big Gemini update: 3 new AI features, including ‘CliffsNotes’ for your inbox
At Google I/O, the search-engine tech giant boasted that Gmail is poised to get new AI capabilities via Gemini. With Gemini underpinning Gmail, a new field will appear, allowing you to ask the AI chatbot to summarize certain emails in your inbox. Summarization isn’t the only thing rolling out to Gmail. Here are three features […]
Google’s accessible hands-free cursor is coming to Android
Android users will soon have access to a revolutionarily accessible form of device control: Completely hands-free navigation, using the power of Google AI and facial tracking. Part of the company’s long list of updates and announcements rolling out at its developer keynote event today, the new feature is a mobile version of Google’s desktop offering […]
How Google’s LearnLM plans to supercharge education for students and teachers
At Google’s annual I/O Developer’s Conference, the company went all-in on AI, including addressing how it plans to apply the power of artificial intelligence to improve education and learning. “What if everyone everywhere could have their own personal AI tutor on any topic,” Google SVP James Manyika asked the conference’s keynote audience. “Or what if […]
Google I/O: Google announces new safety framework for responsible AI
As Google positions its upgraded generative AI as teacher, assistant, and recommendation guru, the company is also trying to turn its models into a bad actor’s worst enemy. “It’s clear that AI is already helping people,” said James Manyika, Google’s senior vice president of research, technology, and society, to the crowd at the company’s Google […]
Everything announced at Google I/O, including AI Agents, Ask Photos, and more
Google held its I/O event aimed at developers on Tuesday. The event was expected to provide lots of news and announcements, and it did not disappoint. Nothing is ever certain, but coming into Tuesday’s event, it was expected that Google would announce significant updates to its chatbot Gemini. In actuality, we got a mess of […]
Veo, Google’s Sora competitor, is hyped by Donald Glover
Google, with the help of creative renaissance man Donald Glover, has demoed an AI video generator to compete with OpenAI’s Sora. The model is called Veo, and while no clear launch date or rollout plan has been announced, the demo does appear to show a Sora-like product, apparently capable of generating high-quality, convincing video. SEE […]
Google I/O: New Gemini App wants to be the AI assistant to top all AI assistants
Google’s self-proclaimed “most intelligent AI experience” yet is redefining how humans interact with AI via a new app. The latest Gemini offering was announced at Google I/O on Tuesday. “Our vision for the Gemini app is to be the most helpful, personal AI assistant by giving you direct access to Google’s latest AI models,” said […]
Gemini can now make generative memes in Google Messages
Now the unfunniest guy you know can be even less funny in the group chat. At Google I/O on Tuesday, Google showed off what felt like dozens of new things you can do with its in-house Gemini AI, but one of them stood out more than the others. In Google Messages on Android devices, users […]
Gemini Nano can detect scam calls for you
Google I/O is underway, and the company is firing on all cylinders, introducing feature after feature that leverages AI to make your life easier. Some of the features that caught our eye have to do with Gemini Nano, the company’s smallest Gemini-based model. It’s still pretty capable, but it’s small enough to run entirely on […]
‘AI Teammate’ announced at Google I/O 2024 — your new AI-powered co-worker friend
If you’ve ever used an AI chatbot, you’d know it’s a very singular experience. Your chatbot interacts with what an individual says or asks. At Google I/O, as part of its Gemini for Workspace platform, the search giant shared a new feature: AI Teammate. AI Teammate basically takes that solo chatbot experience and puts the […]