Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day

Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess, for example, intentionally generated images adding things like refugees near the Mexican border […]

Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’
Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’

Google is seemingly working on an item tracker that might compete with Apple’s AirTag. 9to5Google obtained an image of something called a “Google Pixel Tag” that has a small oval shape. The publication also linked to a Slovenian store listing about the Pixel Tag that describes the gadget as an item tracker with a speaker […]

Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth

A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess that show “refugees near the Mexican border” and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza. Google initially responded to […]

GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows
GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows

General Motors will launch its own in-vehicle AI assistant later this year, built to access vehicle data that Google’s Gemini cannot reach. The system will integrate with OnStar, GM’s telemetry systems, and proprietary vehicle knowledge to offer predic…

Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%
Oracle put its cloud rival’s AI inside its business apps, and the stock jumped 8%

Oracle has just put its cloud rival’s AI at the heart of the software its customers run their businesses on. Investors cheered. The company said on Thursday it is expanding its Google Cloud partnership to bring Gemini into Oracle’s enterprise applicati…

AI search is fragmenting, ageing and filling with ads
AI search is fragmenting, ageing and filling with ads

A year ago, AI search was basically one product with one name: ChatGPT. A new report says that era is already over. Similarweb’s 2026 Generative AI Landscape report tracks a market that is booming and splintering at once. Generative AI websites drew 9….

Gemini Spark can now use Chrome logins and saved passwords to run errands on your behalf

Gemini Spark can now use Chrome’s auto browse feature to handle web errands through your logged-in accounts

Google’s new AI gives robots better balance, smarter hands, and teamwork capabilities

Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2 lets humanoid robots walk, handle delicate tasks, and coordinate with other robots, all while staying safer around humans

Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact

Reddit’s financial situation is looking good but uncertainty about its relationship to Google and the new AI-ified web are stirring market concerns.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold appears in official-looking images, and its design leaves me underwhelmed

Official-looking images show a Pixel 11 Pro Fold that appears almost unchanged, apart from a slimmer body, Pine finish, and Pixel Glow LED.