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Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon
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Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon

Google has launched Dreambeans, an AI tool that transforms personal data from your Google account into AI-illustrated...

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Google DeepMind Releases Gemma 4 12B: An Encoder-Free Multimodal Model with Native audio that runs on a 16 GB laptop
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Google DeepMind Releases Gemma 4 12B: An Encoder-Free Multimodal Model with Native audio that runs on a 16 GB laptop

Google DeepMind has released Gemma 4 12B, an encoder-free multimodal model that natively processes vision and audio...

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As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
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As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise

Google's new Gemini AI agent Spark demonstrates impressive capabilities by accessing personal information without...

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Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
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Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation

U.K. regulators are requiring Google to provide website publishers with a tool to opt out of generative AI search...

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AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix
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AI has a water problem — Google thinks it has a fix

Google has announced five commitments to address environmental concerns around AI data center expansion, including a...

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Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
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Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI Search features...

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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams
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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

Google is deploying fake call detection technology to combat AI-powered deepfake scams where fraudsters spoof trusted...

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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

Google is launching a new feature in its Phone app that detects and flags calls from scammers impersonating your...

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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal
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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal

Alphabet is setting an $80 billion funding goal for AI initiatives, with Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion to...

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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet

Google's new AI agent Spark demonstrates significant improvements over previous AI travel planning tools, showing the...

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bets $10 billion on Alphabet's AI infrastructure buildout

Alphabet is raising $80 billion to scale its AI infrastructure, with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway contributing...

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Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
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Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout

Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to fund its AI infrastructure buildout, driven by strong enterprise and consumer...

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Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
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Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo

Google's new Gemini Spark AI agent can perform multi-step tasks autonomously in the background, but the article...

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AI in video game development: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the industry
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AI in video game development: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the industry

A Google Cloud survey reveals that 90% of game developers are integrating AI into their workflows, with Steam showing...

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I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful
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I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful

Google has launched Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI assistant designed to automate everyday tasks such as inbox summaries and...

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Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend
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Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Google's Gemini Spark AI agent was given access to a user's emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party,...

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Google fixes several bugs in Gemini usage limits that burned through quotas too fast
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Google fixes several bugs in Gemini usage limits that burned through quotas too fast

Google has fixed bugs in its Gemini app that caused video generations to rapidly consume user quotas. The fixes include...

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Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes
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Google Cloud responds to AI-accelerated cyberattacks with a platform that aims to close security gaps in minutes

Google Cloud launched 'AI Threat Defense,' a platform that uses AI to automatically identify, evaluate, and patch...

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Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol
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Google Pay preps for AI agents with Universal Commerce Protocol

Google Pay is restructuring its payment infrastructure to handle transactions from AI agents through a new Universal...

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