Study finds AI-generated animal stories rarely have a female lead

A new University of Washington study found that when AI models write stories about talking animals, the lead character is rarely ever female.

Google Home’s Interactive Storytime feature has me wondering who actually asked for this

Google Home’s latest update lets families co-create interactive bedtime stories with Gemini, while also expanding camera support.

Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next
Google Assistant will shut down for good on Android and Wear OS in September — here’s what you need to do next

Google has confirmed that Google Assistant will stop working on Android and Wear OS in the near future.

I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it’s the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online
I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it’s the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online

Gemini Spark is designed to take on longer-running tasks that continue in the background and now it is part of the Chrome browser, so here’s how it works.

I stopped looking for the perfect meditation app and built my own using AI — and it was done in under 5 minutes
I stopped looking for the perfect meditation app and built my own using AI — and it was done in under 5 minutes

I couldn’t find a meditation timer app I liked, so I built my own with Google AI Studio and it did it in under 5 minutes.

ChatGPT Pro replaced Gemini Notebook as my favorite research app, and I didn’t see it coming

I never expected to stop using Gemini Notebook, but ChatGPT Pro gradually became the one app I opened for almost everything.

Google just canceled its AI Studio mobile app, and it’s not all bad news

Google AI Studio was on track to make its way to Android and iPhone, giving developers and AI enthusiasts a dedicated place to build prompts and experiment with Google’s latest models from their phones. That’s no longer happening. In a post shared by t…

This hilarious robot collapse reminds me that robot development is nowhere near where it needs to be, but a huge breakthrough from DeepMind could change all that

Two recent robot demonstrations — one a huge fail and the other an inspiring breakthrough — remind us how far robots capable of living and working among us are from reality.