Google will send its own AI chips into orbit for the first time next week, in the first flight test of Project Suncatcher. A prototype satellite carrying its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission. Google b…
Google is getting ready to launch a satellite with its AI processors to test how well they perform in space, as reported earlier by The New York Times. The move is part of Google’s Project Suncatcher, the company’s experimental initiative that could eventually put AI data centers into orbit. The satellite, equipped with Google’s Tensor […]
Google is reportedly nearing the launch of its long awaited Gemini 4 model, after dawdling behind rival developers on flagship AI releases. Speaking with The Information during his first media appearance as the leader of Google’s DeepMind division, Koray Kavukcuoglu said that Gemini 4 is currently in its refinement stage, and that the company is […]
Companies cannot fully govern AI systems, but they can build a fixed fence around them, Google DeepMind’s Kareem Ayoub said. He pointed to banks in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They put trading algorithms inside fixed rules they could check. Ayoub, …
“Today, we’re introducing two new text-to-speech models to the Gemini family, transforming voice generation from static presets into a dynamic creative studio,” Google wrote in its announcement. Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash…
“We pride ourselves on the fact that because we’ve created a home for creators, it has created all these other amazing opportunities for them,” YouTube chief executive Neal Mohan told The Wall Street Journal, asked about the platform’s rivalry with Net…
The next time a UK Android user is asked to pick a search engine, ChatGPT could be one of the answers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published strengthened proposals on Wednesday that would require Google to include AI assistants on its A…
Last week, GM announced a new software experience for its upcoming Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, including a new look for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the popular phone mirroring systems that the automaker made a big deal about removing from its electric vehicles in 2023. Naturally, this led to some confusion about whether […]
Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets and other parts of the desktop experience.
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